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"Flock House" sculptures

A permanent public sculpture, Flock House is installed in PS 62 on Staten Island. “Flock House” is a modular structure representing a self-contained habitat. Housed inside are plants, watering hoses, a hammock, a raincoat, instruments for working, eating, playing, and other objects symbolizing basic elements of survival. The hammock is used to sleep in; a hose can be used to bathe and drink from; and plants represent food. The sculpture inspires people to think about what is necessary. It provides a creative example of an environmentally respectful living space.

 

Links: Activist Technology Demo Day, Huffpost by Amelia Marzec

Stress-Test Architecture by Dwell (relink)

Artists, Environmentalists, Engineers, Huffpost by Katherine Brooks

 
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
Flock House, 2012, a series of permanent and temporary portable structures people inhabited by Mary Mattingly
More News: 

Martha Schwendener, “Contemop Boat Artists Float Their Ideas,” The Village Voice, July 2012

Nick Miller, “Flock Houses Land in New York’s Public Spaces,” The Architect’s Newspaper Blog, July 2012

Amelia Reid, “The Art of Living: The Flock House Project,” Komai, July 2012

Fox News, “Flock Houses Appear in NYC,” July 2012

Janet Upadhye, “Artist Lives in Futuristic Pod for Flock House,” DNA Info, July 2012

“The Flock House Project, Brooklyn,” News 12, July 2012 HERE and HERE

“Artists, Environmentalists and Engineers Bring ‘The Flock House Project’ To New York City,” Huffington Post, July 2012

“Another Broadway Building Going Condo,” Tribeca Citizen, July 2012

Andy Cush, “My Evening In Battery Park’s $960-Per-Square-Foot Art Project,” Animal New York

“Events: The Flock House Project,” CBS News, June 2012

“From the Home Front: Affordable Floating Homes,” Oregon Live, June 2012

“Flock Houses Land in City Parks,” Curbed New York, June 2012

“Parasitic Geodesic Flock House Pops Up in Battery Park,” Inhabitat New York, June 2012

“Join Artist Mary Mattingly’s Latest Sustainable Floating Commune, the Flock House Project,” Art + Auction, June 2012

“Ghana Think Tank at Flock House Microsphere – A Talk with Christopher Robbins & Mary Mattingly,” Queens Museum of Art, June 2012

Joshua Kogan, “Designing Preparative Infrastructure,” Localflux, June 2012

 

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