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2010 Archigram`s "Plugin city" revival.

This project was made in 2010 for "Build a Better Burb (an ideas competition to retrofilt Long Island downtowns)" competition and developed Archigram's Plug-In City concept. But the focus shifted from futuristic romantism of sixties onto solutions of todays problems.
* Developed between 1963 and 1966, Plug-In City is a conceptual city comprising personalised pre-fabricated homes that are inserted into high-rise megastructures. The concept was developed while Cook, Crompton and fellow Archigram members. Plug-In City "allowed people to grow their dwelling with themselves". The concept aimed to give people more flexibility and choice in the design of their home, allowing them to customise the capsules and easily replace them when required. "Plug-In City was a method of allowing people to grow their dwelling with themselves," said Cook. "The capsules vary in size, but also can be replaced, so you're getting a lot of variety and change." "We'd use the construction industry to do to the construction, but the planning would be done by the occupants of the house," added Crompton.
2010 Archigram`s "Plugin city" revival.
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2010 Archigram`s "Plugin city" revival.

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