ABSTRACT

Jennifer Siegal is founder and principal of the Office of Mobile Design (OMD). Founded in 1998, the Office of Mobile Design concentrates on developing ‘mobile’ architecture – designing and constructing portable, demountable and relocatable structures. OMD’s focus is on finding unique, dynamic, environmentally sustainable solutions to both unconventional and typical design problems. Its practice involves providing design services to public agencies, non-profit organizations, schools, museums, commercial businesses and private interests. Recent projects vary dramatically and include the PuppetMobile, a travelling theatre and teaching facility for Cal Arts’ Cotner Center for Puppetry and the Arts, as well as the Mobile ECO LAB, used throughout Los Angeles County by the Hollywood Beautification Team to teach school-aged children about environmental issues.