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House Trailers: Innovation and Accommodation in Vernacular Living Allan Wallis.

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1 House Trailers: Innovation and Accommodation in Vernacular Living Allan Wallis

2 Who is Allan Teaches at School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver. Education 1989Kennedy School of GovernmentMPA Public Administration 1981 Ph.D. CUNYEnvironmental Psychology 1969 B. ArchitectureCooper Union

3 What are the domains of design Automobile House

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5 How to view the house-trailer "what made the trailer new was not its individual parts, or even its form as a whole, but the purpose to which it was put… as a hybrid of the vehicle and the house, this new object was associated with ideals both about the home and about mobility, ideals that were often in conflict."

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7 Lines of Development 1)the most dominant, an automobile accessory to be used as an alternative to motels, hotels, etc. for vacations and 2)An alternative form of year round housing.

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9 Phases of Development Period 1 (late 1920s - 1930s) the travel trailer. Period 2 ( 1940s) war workers, changed to house trailers. Period 3 The postwar period, focus more on the home, changed the name to the mobile homes. Period 4 (late 1970s) manufactured housing.

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12 Site built modifications Single wide Double wide Compound

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