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OLA MAE PORCH // GREENSBORO, AL // 2003

OLA MAE PORCH // GREENSBORO, AL // 2003

This was our first collaboration (well before Thoughtbarn existed as a bonafide business!) and was undertaken as part of the Rural Studio Outreach Program in Greensboro, Alabama. Mobile homes are the prevalent low cost housing model in the rural South. Inspired by the ad-hoc, DIY additions that people often add to them over their lifetime, we built a large screened porch for Ola Mae Warren which doubled the living space of her trailer. We used an old trailer chassis as the base and simple, inexpensive materials available from the local hardware store. It is built as a separate structure with two bridge connections so that the mobile home can be replaced without having to dismantle the addition.

Design & Construction: Lucy Begg & Robert Gay / $5500 / 500sqft

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