TRASHITECTURE 3

Hustlers Base

This is the hustler's base. A very common sight in any West African city. The material was obtained from scrap and used wood planks from building sites, treated against termites with waste engine oil. The roof is of old rusted aluminium sheets kept in its place with rocks, cement bricks and anything with weight that isnt worth stealing at night including pots, pans and cookware.The building has no windows and only one imposing door.

The interior is partitioned into three spaces, one main room and two bed chambers. The furniture positions are determined by the leak positions in the roof. Rain water harvesting is done inside.

During the rainy seasons, buckets and pans are placed under leak positions to harvest rain, If you love water music, you will love to be in this shack during a rain storm when the dripping sound in the pans create the most amazing music you have ever heard.

TRASHITECTURE 2

RESIDENCE OF A TRAMP

This is architecture at its Trashiest.  It also reflects the basic instict of man to provide shelter for himself.  This was occupied by a mentally handicapped man who scavenged trash cans, bins in a near by neighbourhood.

  

The most likely place for a scavenger  to find materials to build this type is the rubbish heap, scrap yard or landfill site.  Natural materials like sticks and stones, litter, junk, raw and recycled bottles, car tires, cardboard, broken bottles , blankets , jute bags, old clothes and scrap metal. Anything can act as a roof, window or door. It doesn’t matter which order. Whichever order, there is a structure which forms his space, his home. Interestingly, there is a car engine fan as a wind mill on the roof. 

The interior? I chose to respect the occupant’s privacy. But let your imagination run wild on what a night might be like in this dwelling.