Emergency Response Studio in Prospect 1 New Orleans Exhibit
October 23, 2008 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Home & Living
It’s great to be able to write about a project like this. I wish there were more of them.
Paul Villinski turned a salvaged FEMA-style trailer into a solar-powererd, mobile artist’s studio. According to Paul, the “sustainably re-built, off-the-grid living and work space is designed to enable artists to ‘embed’ in post-disaster settings, and respond and contribute creatively.”
This innovative living space project, known as Emergency Response Studio, is powered completely by a 1.6 kilowatt photo-voltaic solar system that features nine large solar panels tilting upward from the roof to face the sun. More power is provided by a micro-wind turbine turning …read more




