ABSTRACT
The kinetic object has an innate potency that has persisted throughout human design history. Power, speed, intelligence and beauty can all be conveyed in the vehicles which have always expressed significant technological advances in the most visible way. When these moving objects possess other functions associated with the rituals and circumstances of dwelling, commerce and industry this significance is reinforced and in some cases reinvented. Yet moving buildings are among the earliest human-made artefacts, predating vehicles, and have a persisting relevance that enables a Bedouin tent occupied by a single family to exist in the same world as a 90,000 ton aircraft carrier which is a moving home to 5,500 people.
