SERVICE MASH. Action on the project 'Service Wash'

Before start drawing, I have been analyzing the pros and cons of the project with the intention of reforming it.

The pros are encompassed in the main idea of the social integration that generates a improvement of the use of laundrettes, triggering in a better collaborative society.

The cons are that homeless live in a nomadic way so static places are not the best solution because one day they can stay in an area and the next one in another.

What I propose is to make mobile modular structures with different uses, including besides the cleaning part that the project developes, others like feeding and sleeping, fulfilling all the basic requirements.

The first step was to search for references related with modular architecture:

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Kisho Kurokawa.

This tower designed by the architect Kisho Kurokawa, located in Tokio finished at 1972. There are two towers of concrete conected where 140 independant modules are secured. The idea was to use the prefabricated to change the different pieces if it was necessary.

The name of the action is 'Service Mash' because is a mix of basic services not just the wash ones. I generate four different types of modules depending of the use, being suitable to be engaged by each other. Depending on the place and the demand, the structure can be enabled to satisfy different conditions.

Here are the drawings: