Mobile and Portable Structures From Past to Present

Nowadays, we see that “changeable and transformable” concepts have become prominent in the construction sector rather than “stationary and permanent” ones.

Labour accommodation camps that we clasify as “Mobile and portable life”portable living complexes, mobile living towns/camps and worker living cities are built especially in industrial areas such as oil & gas fields, mining fields, construction sites. With the changing living conditions and technological advances, they can be disassembled, rebuilt and transported.

Today modular construction has started to take place of the traditional architecture, which started with permanent settlement. Modular mobile units are the new reality of this new era in many areas of our lives such as education, entertainment and health services. Mobile living buildings offer quick and practical solutions to all sudden and changing needs of people under most severe climatic conditions, kilometers away from their homes.

In addition, the temporary accommodation and relocation needs that arise due to extraordinary situations such as natural disasters, war, refugee crises, caused the rapid spread of mobile temporary living structures, which are a more practical, flexible, fast and easy accommodation method.

They can be used for traditional accommodation such as caravans, modular containers, caravan-containers, temporary disaster residences, wagon-containers, modular houses, as well as temporary – portable shelter in disaster and war zones. They are also used as temporary residences or permanent settlements in construction sites, oil & gas, mining and drilling sites and factories until the end of the work.

The most important advantage of mobile structures is to meet the physical and mental needs of disaster victims, workers, workers or migrant-refugees within the shortest time.

Except this, modular building systems are not only used in emergency settlement areas. Today’s modern living spaces considered versatile bring many advantages also in mobile spaces for people. Therefore, mobile structures offer practical solutions suitable for constantly changing needs of people. The aforementioned structures are portable structures that are equipped with high-level technology, do not depend on a fixed location, meet their own needs and even solve their sub-structural needs such as energy recovery and waste recycling. They are light, easily installed, disassembled and transported from one location to another.

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