看到這張照片，實在忍不住會想到霍爾的移動城堡........
中國時報 A3/國際新聞 2008/10/23
自走屋 遊牧逃難兩相宜
【潘勛／綜合報導】
您怕大水來襲沖倒住家嗎？您怕家有惡鄰不得安寧嗎？現在，丹麥及美國麻省理工學院專家已設計出「自走屋」，利用太陽能及風力為動力，可以用步行的速度走過各種地形，為您解決前述的煩惱。
英國《每日電訊報》廿一日報導，這款自走屋高三‧三公尺，有客廳、廚房、盥洗衛浴、木質火爐，中央電腦主機則控制屋子行走的六隻「腳」。原型屋建造成本為三萬英鎊（約台幣一百六十二萬元）。
「Ｎ５５」旗下藝術家斯拉托表示，自走屋不光是為旅行家設計的，毋寧是供任何比較喜歡遊牧生活方式的人使用。
自走屋每支「腳」自有動力可以獨立操作，但隨時都有三隻「腳」站在地上確保屋子不會翻覆。而且幾棟自走屋可以聯結起來，變成較大的屋宇。
原始出處
Walking house can escape floods or unruly neighbours
By Richard Alleyne、Science Corresponde
It is the ultimate house for beating floods or unfriendly neighbours - a home built on six hydraulic legs that can walk.
The 10ft high home is solar and wind powered and can stroll at walking pace across all terrains.
It has a living room、kitchen、toilet、bed、wood stove and mainframe computer which controls the legs.
The pod will take its maiden stroll around rural Cambridgeshire at the Wysing Arts Centre in Bourn on Thursday.
It was built by art collective N55 in Copenhagen、Denmark、who worked in conjunction with engineers at MIT in Massachusetts、USA.
Designers say it provides a solution to the problem of rising water levels as the house can simply walk away from floods.
The prototype cost ￡30,000 to build、including materials and time、but the designers believe it could be constructed for a lot less.
The artists in the N55 collective are Ion Sørvin、and Øivind Slaatto. Sam Kronick、from MIT designed the legs.
Mr Slaatto plans to live in the house when it returns to Copenhagen. He has been working on his pet project for two years and was inspired by his meetings with Romani travellers in Cambridgeshire.
He said: "This house is not just for travellers but also for anyone interested in a more general way of nomadic living.
Each leg is powered and works independently and is designed to always have three on the ground at any one time to ensure stability.
The makers hope the legs could be eventually mounted on any kind of structure and make it walk and several pods could be linked together for bigger houses.
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