A tech entrepreneur commissioned Edmonds + Lee Architects
in San Francisco to turn this 1960s Airstream Bambi II into a
beautifully renovated 80-square-foot stylish Live/Work mobile home.
Although the owner works from home most of the time, he travels between
projects and wanted a mobile space where he could live and conduct
business. While the exterior has largely been left untouched, the team
collaborated to design a custom interior with contemporary technology
that would serve each of his needs. It contains a curved room with
components tucked into walls and oak cabinets and hidden under seat
cushions. Walls are sheathed in white-painted aluminium, and floors are
covered in boards of white ash. There is a u-shaped sofa finished in
Maharam wool, a height-adjustable desk that can be lowered and
converted into a bed, a kitchen with a hidden sink and refrigerator, and
a meeting space that folds out into a dining space. The caravan has multiple
power sources (solar panels, gasoline, propane and advanced AGM) plus a
Wi-Fi repeater and a cellular booster that were installed to ensure
connectivity in remote places. There is also a Nest thermostat, a smoke
and CO2 monitor, a camera, an alarm system and a Google Home smart
speaker.
in San Francisco to turn this 1960s Airstream Bambi II into a
beautifully renovated 80-square-foot stylish Live/Work mobile home.
Although the owner works from home most of the time, he travels between
projects and wanted a mobile space where he could live and conduct
business. While the exterior has largely been left untouched, the team
collaborated to design a custom interior with contemporary technology
that would serve each of his needs. It contains a curved room with
components tucked into walls and oak cabinets and hidden under seat
cushions. Walls are sheathed in white-painted aluminium, and floors are
covered in boards of white ash. There is a u-shaped sofa finished in
Maharam wool, a height-adjustable desk that can be lowered and
converted into a bed, a kitchen with a hidden sink and refrigerator, and
a meeting space that folds out into a dining space. The caravan has multiple
power sources (solar panels, gasoline, propane and advanced AGM) plus a
Wi-Fi repeater and a cellular booster that were installed to ensure
connectivity in remote places. There is also a Nest thermostat, a smoke
and CO2 monitor, a camera, an alarm system and a Google Home smart
speaker.
Photography is by Joe Fletcher.
