Mobility
Design and architecture exploring movement, transportation systems, and spaces that enable or challenge how people and communities travel and settle.
Mobility encompasses the physical and spatial design of how people move through cities and landscapes. Designers and architects working in this area address transportation infrastructure, vehicles, and the built environments that support different modes of movement, from bicycles to entire mobile structures.
The community explores adaptive housing and transit hubs alongside critical perspectives on speed and urban life. Work ranges from individual mobility devices and portable dwellings to large-scale infrastructure projects and conceptual interventions that question conventional relationships between movement, permanence, and productivity.
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View all 7 journalsHosoya Schaefer Architects Build a Timber-Clad Mobility Hub as Zug's Gateway to a Smart City District
A parking structure, retail hub, and pedestrian bridge in Zug, Switzerland, designed to evolve alongside autonomous vehicle technology.
Mobility Hub by archipelago + POLO: A Sustainable Urban Gateway in Mechelen
A sustainable mobility hub in Mechelen integrating parking, offices, retail, and public terraces, promoting shared transport and urban transition.
Migrating Behemoths: A Walking City for the Sahara
A biomimetic mobile settlement that walks across the desert like a living creature, harvesting sun, water, and wind as it migrates with the seasons.
From Mobility to Immobility: The BUREAU - Your Resting Base-Camp for Work, Life, and Beyond!
Can the BUREAU be the Key to Unleashing Your Productivity and Creativity in a Changing World?