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in the roof, the line where transported prefab modules come together
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the houses are built in-factory and transported by truck
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living room of one of the bigger units
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kitchen in the bigger prefab unit: "big" to european standards
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from trailer park to mid-century modern tiny house community?
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if there was a place to try mid-century style with tiny houses on scale, it was palm springs
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units being placed on their leased lot
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dwellers would own the house (eventually movable) but not the lot where they sit within the "palm canyon mobile club"
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the semantics of "trailer park" are difficult to deal with, says developer paul kaplan
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paul kaplan, interviewed by *faircompanies
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the small prefab modern homes were designed to take advantage of the indoor-outdoor palm springs' living ethos
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indoor-outdoor (not in mid-summer, though, but the rest of the year)
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longitude
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units were designed so spaces and windows keep privacy from close-by neighbors
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according to kaplan, houses haven't adapted to new types of families/uses
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living area: open space, modern design, natural light, proper insulation
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bathroom
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interior design
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investing in tiny homes instead of traditional mobile homes is kaplan's strategy to revamp the area
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a take from modern architecture: high windows
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at palm springs
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the scale of the project so far: 100 units
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to paul kaplan, palm canyon mobile club is an opportunity to show the potential of small prefab
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can small prefab go mainstream?
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paul kaplan at his house-showroom in palm springs
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modern architecture reminiscences
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alleys
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open plan while keeping privacy from neighbors
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surrounding hills
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bedroom
