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December 17, 2007
Moonbat Architecture
At least it's an aptly named product:
American artist Michael Rakowitz's paraSITE project proposed to take advantage of the exterior ventilation systems on existing architecture to give the homeless a temporary shelter.
The deflated structure have handles to be easily transported or can be carried on one's back. Once he has found the outtake ducts of a building's HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) system, the user attach the intake tube of the structure to the vent. The warm air leaving the building inflates and heats the membrane structure.
From February 1998 until April 1998, the artist distributed seven prototypes of the paraSITE shelter to several homeless people in Cambridge.
While these shelters were being used, they functioned also as a protest device against authorities willing to make their cities "homeless-proof". They made even more visible the unacceptable circumstances of homeless life within the city.
Apparently Gavin Newsom hasn't heard about these, because they haven't yet been issued to every derelict in San Francisco at taxpayers' expense.
No need for a job if you've got a paraSITE.
On a tip from Matt.
Posted by Van Helsing at December 17, 2007 6:26 PM
Comments
Love the name
Posted by: JamesJ at December 18, 2007 7:40 AM
not all homeless (actually not many homeless) are 'derelicts' - the average age of a homeless person in the US is NINE. thats right - nine years old - single moms with families, veterans, people with real mental ilness... email me and we can talk about it. there are solutions...
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www.thegivingspirit.org
Posted by: sleeper at December 18, 2007 4:30 PM
