…Анонсированный проект выглядел крайне оптимистично: по словам вице-президента управляющей компании, «проект был удостоен всевозможных наград; люди, съезжавшиеся со всей страны поглядеть на поселок, говорили, что за такими проектами будущее». Оптимизм был понятен, ведь быстровозводимые и недорогие дома должны были обеспечить крышу над головой почти 150 семьям. Вот только исходная смета в 3,4 миллиона долларов была вскоре превышена на 450 000, что потребовало оптимизации издержек: полноценные фундаменты были заменены бетонными опорами, водопроводные трубы были оголены и в холода промерзали, стыки модулей не были как следует продуманы и немедленно начали гнить, а обещанные крыши над головой жильцов постоянно трескались и неисправимо текли. В 1981 г., спустя всего десять лет после завершения строительства, весь поселок был снесен.
P.S. Любопытно, что, признавая ошибки, допущенные при проектировании и строительстве поселка, сам Пол Рудольф считал, что крах этой гуманитарной инициативы был обусловлен психологическими факторами: «Эти дома стали пристанищем достойных людей, которые считали, что жить в таких условиях унизительно. Другими словами, нетрадиционность жилищ не пришлась по вкусу их обитателям. Я же думал, и, полагаю, мэр города разделял мое мнение, что жизнь в контейнерах будет для этих людей вполне приемлемым вариантом».
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…The project did look great at the presentation stage. According to the vice-president of Techni-Co-op Inc., which managed the properties in the 1970s, “The design won all kinds of awards, people came from all over and said, ‘This is the wave of the future.’” The level of optimism was not without reason as the houses were to be pre-fabricated, which meant low building costs and swift construction, and would provide shelter for almost 150 families. The problem was that the initial budget of $3.4 million was quickly exceeded by $450,000 demanding numerous cost-saving solutions. As a result, concrete posts were used instead of full foundations, water pipes were not protected and froze in winter, the joints were not properly sealed and would soon start to rot, and the roofs were doomed to crack and leak over and over again, to name just a few congenital defects these shelters had. In 1981, ten years after the project’s completion, the entire settlement was demolished.
P.S. Interestingly, while he admitted to the engineering miscalculations and construction faults, Paul Rudolph later cited psychological factors as the root cause of the project’s failure, “…The good folk who inhabited these dwellings thought that they were beneath them. In other words, the deviation of the dwelling was not something to their liking. I thought, and I suppose the mayor thought, that trailers were perfectly good enough for them.”
(photos here and above: Library of Congress via loc.govand nytimes.com; G. E. Kidder Smith, Paul Rudolph Collection via paulrudolph.institute)
P.S. Любопытно, что, признавая ошибки, допущенные при проектировании и строительстве поселка, сам Пол Рудольф считал, что крах этой гуманитарной инициативы был обусловлен психологическими факторами: «Эти дома стали пристанищем достойных людей, которые считали, что жить в таких условиях унизительно. Другими словами, нетрадиционность жилищ не пришлась по вкусу их обитателям. Я же думал, и, полагаю, мэр города разделял мое мнение, что жизнь в контейнерах будет для этих людей вполне приемлемым вариантом».
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…The project did look great at the presentation stage. According to the vice-president of Techni-Co-op Inc., which managed the properties in the 1970s, “The design won all kinds of awards, people came from all over and said, ‘This is the wave of the future.’” The level of optimism was not without reason as the houses were to be pre-fabricated, which meant low building costs and swift construction, and would provide shelter for almost 150 families. The problem was that the initial budget of $3.4 million was quickly exceeded by $450,000 demanding numerous cost-saving solutions. As a result, concrete posts were used instead of full foundations, water pipes were not protected and froze in winter, the joints were not properly sealed and would soon start to rot, and the roofs were doomed to crack and leak over and over again, to name just a few congenital defects these shelters had. In 1981, ten years after the project’s completion, the entire settlement was demolished.
P.S. Interestingly, while he admitted to the engineering miscalculations and construction faults, Paul Rudolph later cited psychological factors as the root cause of the project’s failure, “…The good folk who inhabited these dwellings thought that they were beneath them. In other words, the deviation of the dwelling was not something to their liking. I thought, and I suppose the mayor thought, that trailers were perfectly good enough for them.”
(photos here and above: Library of Congress via loc.govand nytimes.com; G. E. Kidder Smith, Paul Rudolph Collection via paulrudolph.institute)
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…Анонсированный проект выглядел крайне оптимистично: по словам вице-президента управляющей компании, «проект был удостоен всевозможных наград; люди, съезжавшиеся со всей страны поглядеть на поселок, говорили, что за такими проектами будущее». Оптимизм был понятен, ведь быстровозводимые и недорогие дома должны были обеспечить крышу над головой почти 150 семьям. Вот только исходная смета в 3,4 миллиона долларов была вскоре превышена на 450 000, что потребовало оптимизации издержек: полноценные фундаменты были заменены бетонными опорами, водопроводные трубы были оголены и в холода промерзали, стыки модулей не были как следует продуманы и немедленно начали гнить, а обещанные крыши над головой жильцов постоянно трескались и неисправимо текли. В 1981 г., спустя всего десять лет после завершения строительства, весь поселок был снесен.
P.S. Любопытно, что, признавая ошибки, допущенные при проектировании и строительстве поселка, сам Пол Рудольф считал, что крах этой гуманитарной инициативы был обусловлен психологическими факторами: «Эти дома стали пристанищем достойных людей, которые считали, что жить в таких условиях унизительно. Другими словами, нетрадиционность жилищ не пришлась по вкусу их обитателям. Я же думал, и, полагаю, мэр города разделял мое мнение, что жизнь в контейнерах будет для этих людей вполне приемлемым вариантом».
———
…The project did look great at the presentation stage. According to the vice-president of Techni-Co-op Inc., which managed the properties in the 1970s, “The design won all kinds of awards, people came from all over and said, ‘This is the wave of the future.’” The level of optimism was not without reason as the houses were to be pre-fabricated, which meant low building costs and swift construction, and would provide shelter for almost 150 families. The problem was that the initial budget of $3.4 million was quickly exceeded by $450,000 demanding numerous cost-saving solutions. As a result, concrete posts were used instead of full foundations, water pipes were not protected and froze in winter, the joints were not properly sealed and would soon start to rot, and the roofs were doomed to crack and leak over and over again, to name just a few congenital defects these shelters had. In 1981, ten years after the project’s completion, the entire settlement was demolished.
P.S. Interestingly, while he admitted to the engineering miscalculations and construction faults, Paul Rudolph later cited psychological factors as the root cause of the project’s failure, “…The good folk who inhabited these dwellings thought that they were beneath them. In other words, the deviation of the dwelling was not something to their liking. I thought, and I suppose the mayor thought, that trailers were perfectly good enough for them.”
(photos here and above: Library of Congress via loc.govand nytimes.com; G. E. Kidder Smith, Paul Rudolph Collection via paulrudolph.institute)
P.S. Любопытно, что, признавая ошибки, допущенные при проектировании и строительстве поселка, сам Пол Рудольф считал, что крах этой гуманитарной инициативы был обусловлен психологическими факторами: «Эти дома стали пристанищем достойных людей, которые считали, что жить в таких условиях унизительно. Другими словами, нетрадиционность жилищ не пришлась по вкусу их обитателям. Я же думал, и, полагаю, мэр города разделял мое мнение, что жизнь в контейнерах будет для этих людей вполне приемлемым вариантом».
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…The project did look great at the presentation stage. According to the vice-president of Techni-Co-op Inc., which managed the properties in the 1970s, “The design won all kinds of awards, people came from all over and said, ‘This is the wave of the future.’” The level of optimism was not without reason as the houses were to be pre-fabricated, which meant low building costs and swift construction, and would provide shelter for almost 150 families. The problem was that the initial budget of $3.4 million was quickly exceeded by $450,000 demanding numerous cost-saving solutions. As a result, concrete posts were used instead of full foundations, water pipes were not protected and froze in winter, the joints were not properly sealed and would soon start to rot, and the roofs were doomed to crack and leak over and over again, to name just a few congenital defects these shelters had. In 1981, ten years after the project’s completion, the entire settlement was demolished.
P.S. Interestingly, while he admitted to the engineering miscalculations and construction faults, Paul Rudolph later cited psychological factors as the root cause of the project’s failure, “…The good folk who inhabited these dwellings thought that they were beneath them. In other words, the deviation of the dwelling was not something to their liking. I thought, and I suppose the mayor thought, that trailers were perfectly good enough for them.”
(photos here and above: Library of Congress via loc.govand nytimes.com; G. E. Kidder Smith, Paul Rudolph Collection via paulrudolph.institute)
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