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Harvey claims that Heidegger could not cope with this loss of place-­‐based identity in pre-­‐<br />

war Germany, <strong>and</strong> there<strong>for</strong>e escaped to his black <strong>for</strong>est hut. This is not a solution <strong>for</strong> all<br />

mankind <strong>and</strong> a new underst<strong>and</strong>ing of home is there<strong>for</strong>e re-­‐established.<br />

The mobility paradigm leads to a new underst<strong>and</strong>ing of home as the stability of living in<br />

the same house disappears. The lived life is complex <strong>and</strong> assembled families are becoming<br />

ever more common. Giddens (Giddens, 1997) claims that late modernity is also less<br />

traditional in the sense that we are no longer concerned with the precedents but more<br />

reflective about the choices we have <strong>and</strong> this leads to new solutions of how to live your<br />

life. In that way home is not as fixed as traditionally, it can be constructed in many ways<br />

<strong>and</strong> nuclear families is not the only way to live. According to Giddens we make more<br />

reflected choices <strong>and</strong> we search knowledge from numerous experts <strong>and</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

channels. The home is no longer an isolated cave, but can be experienced in many ways<br />

<strong>and</strong> in many places.<br />

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2.1.3. Nomadism<br />

“Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death“ Pascal, Pensées (Chatwin,<br />

1988, P. 162)<br />

In this section I provide a basic underst<strong>and</strong>ing of nomadism <strong>and</strong> nomadology in<br />

philosophical sense in order to grasp what the change of home underst<strong>and</strong>ing is leading<br />

towards. A feeling of nomadology has become present in all of us as mobility has become<br />

a basic premise.<br />

The architectural avant-­‐garde movements in the 1960’s were very interested in<br />

nomadism <strong>and</strong> mobility (Brayer, Migayrou, & Nanjo, 2005). The avant-­‐garde groups<br />

proposed a range of future visionaries of city structures <strong>and</strong> premises of life. Movements<br />

like Archigram <strong>and</strong> Coop Himmelb(l)au introduced the idea of mobile architecture as a<br />

celebration of the freedom of the body, social <strong>and</strong> political mobility in future cities. They<br />

introduced new <strong>for</strong>ms of dwelling that were transportable, <strong>and</strong> in that way supported the<br />

life of the w<strong>and</strong>ering nomads of the future. These are exemplified in experiments like:<br />

• Instant city (Peter Cook, Archigram), an aerial city that can move around<br />

• The Living-­‐Pod (David Greene, Archigram), an inhabitable dwelling machine<br />

• Vila Rosa (Coop Himmelb(l)au): movable cells

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