Instant City

Author(s): Archigram
Source: Design Quarterly, No. 78/79, Conceptual Architecture (1970), pp. 11-16
Published by: Walker Art Center
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The Instant City program of research into the possibilities of an itinerant servicing/communications/entertain-
ment/education-turn-on that travels from place to place is now looking at the possibilities of the Airship as the
carrying device for all of this . . . rather than the conglomeration of trucks and structures that might have to go
by road (as used in earlier stages of the program .. . DESIGN QUARTERLY 74/75).

At the moment we are working on a large model of the blimp with the intention of testing-out some of the alterna-
tive mechanisms that would be possible: the collage shows a progress photograph and a likely 'drop' at night:
the use of the distance in the sky between blimp and ground is a theatrical and informational opportunity.

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The blimp components deploy and join differently in flight from their in-use condition: an expandable mesh
acts as the carrying and servicing mechanism and creates an indeterminate space-skin. In this way, the possi-
bility of a metamorphic sky-service is opened-up.

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 Instant City is here visiting an old (English ?) town, and the infiltrationary coalescence between the town (the
use of half-built structures, the old drapers' shop cheered-up etc.) and the visiting kit is critical. The blimp
'Rupert' is dropping down some servicing components onto the ground.

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ARCHI GRAM '1
The Arohiga ropcmeit its own in 1964 with t~a
magazz-Aet called Archigram, which investigated, in ems s
alternatives to traditiona oiy planning meansa &sut Th
member~ of Arcigra hae altuh in various skQ1ofarehi.t ec0tt
in England Caada adthe ~n.ted States Archigra archiet haves,~~
the i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ec~~~~~~Dipien:ts of a fellowshi from the GrahamFodio frAac h
Studies in the Fine Arts.
WARREN-CHAL DAVID GREEN
Selected Projecs Sled. Pats:
1957 Paisley TcnolClege,
(2nW prize)16 Drp n-
Scetand, Comp eti t IOm 195 Moq pp ect

1964
1965~PlM.g~.
Oi&: est ola
1960 Ha)~ftowen Housin 1: mpqetition 1969 CoLeO~ ~

~Selected.W~
. .. . ... ... .. .. writ ngs:
Architects Yea~~~~~~r ~~e0k~~ ~1. 10 SreB,okeclted
preparati0~~ P~ *~14r ~ Stanton A'rchitects Year Bok o.1
~~ZTZR COOK ~~~RON HERRON
Sdsoted Projects: ~~Selected Proje60ts:
i~~ei Ga's. Houase-e4t
(tprize 1957 P a is]7 JO~ ecnoalClee
'k4~6 Olgi iy ctad ompetition'
~j~*~7.-68 Mianx rinn4. (ndI, ze)
L~~O Monaco: Limited 96 Walkg City Project
It ernational 1967 L ivt 90Ehbt
Cmpetition .(1tpie 1970 MOn Zmited
~AoXram Magazin,SiQ
"Arc hit ecture: Ation & Selected gs
P1lan"~

3~~7O "Experimen" . A, chitecture"l

(StUd 2Vst$Ynvrsl rss-
-DENNIS CROMP.O MIKE WEB
Selec~~~~~~~4 ~~~ Se~~lected Projects:
zI'Mw Capsl,Oak 98 Furniture Manuf acturers
199Ec
Th1Lmied194l7eAtoEnirnmntSeie
---Ateainl 98 BunidS MgcRn

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