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In Canadian cities, mammoth-like, urban advertising billboards are a common fixture.<\/p>\n

However, they are as well in Belgium. We know, because a Belgian artist, Karl Philips<\/a>, has reinvented the billboard into nomadic housing, not too different than a trailer billboard<\/a>, in his project “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The miniature, guerrilla apartments are towed behind a vehicle as they camouflage with the already over-burdened streetscapes. While nomadic urban living may not be ideal for all, the advertising revenues received from living within a billboard may help alleviate the discomfort.<\/p>\n

Entrenched in the irony of the contemporary city, a line of advertising trailers is a common sight and an accepted one. Unfortunately, a village of nomadic urbanites is not.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time a billboard has been inhabited either (and it surely won’t be the last). Architect Julio Gomez Trevilla in Mexico City designed a temporary residence for artists\u00a0inside<\/em> a billboard.<\/a>\u00a0His project was called Scribe Billboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Scribe-Billboard-4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile in Brooklyn, artist and archtiect, Chat Travieso<\/a>, designed a series of collapsible shelters for urban nomads<\/a> (or campers).<\/p>\n

\"Collapsible-urban-shelters-1-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Are Canadians ready to repurpose our urban fixtures to live the nomadic lifestyle?<\/p>\n

Via Pop-Up City<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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