Category Archives: alternative housing

Pi-Des Winter Studio

David Curtis will be leading a Winter studio based in the Mojave, the focus will be scaling demountables/deployables. It will review his approach during the last 6 years and apply that to current projects. The critical posture will be quality based, in art criticism, and design theory/practice. If you, or someone you know, would likeContinue reading “Pi-Des Winter Studio”

Update: Primitive Hut

A proposal has been issued by David Curtis, Pi-Des for a full-scale Primitive Hut for a site in St. Paul, Oregon. Other potential sites include the Los Angeles, California area, Desert Center, California, and Portland, OR area. (redacted) Primitive Hut is a de-mountable shelter system that accommodates 6-8 people. It has integrated rain water captureContinue reading “Update: Primitive Hut”

Summer Design Studio 2022

David Curtis, principal at Pi-Des, leads a studio this Summer from Portland, OR. An anticipated focus will be de-mountables. David shares lessons learned from his 4 year development of Primitive Hut. There will be offshoots that focus on global just-in-time delivery system collapse responses, and 10-20 year pattern based projections that hope to best influenceContinue reading “Summer Design Studio 2022”