Mobile Architecture for, with, and by the People: Smart Design Responses to Climate Change Challenges

The denotation of mobile architecture has evolved due to the turns, shifts and variations it has gone through since 1950s. The concept of semantic extension/shift has been adopted – from its context of origin, logic and linguistic – and epitomized to shed light on what the concept of mobile architecture and mobility in/or architecture have sustained in the course of their evolution.
The notion of motion and place (as opposed to space) will be looked into to investigate the bearings these may have on our discourse. Environmentality will follow to help us lead the discussion into how mobile architecture may be reframed in respect of the climate change/crises.
The chapter concludes with drawing a comprehensive picture of (smart) technological advancements which can be utilized to devise a smart platform for mobile architecture to incorporate a higher degree of intelligence and sustainability. This will allow for a new genre of mobile architecture which is all-inclusive, accommodating, agile, and adaptable. It delivers smart, future-proof, responsible, fit-for-purpose, environmentally-concerned solutions that recognize and respect the “One Planet” philosophy at core. Finally, we propose three different alternative typologies that mobile architecture can develop into, in the future.