Emergency Response Studio: FEMA Trailer Turned Traveling Eco Home (PHOTOS)

The recent Festival of Ideas in NYC boasted a treasure trove of eye-catching art, installations and innovations - including this awesome lime green home recycled from an old FEMA-type trailer.

The energy-efficient dwelling made an appearance in downtown Manhattan, and attracted quite a crowed with its roomy deck (which is actually one of its walls folded down), solar panel array and geodesic dome skylight. Called the Emergency Response Studio, the salvaged trailer turned modern living space had a host of sustainable features.

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If you were at the Festival of Ideas on the Bowery in New York City, you may have spotted the Inhabitat NYC team darting from booth to booth like news ninjas, looking for the most eye-catching exhibits and installations. Well it doesn't get much more eye-catching than a blindingly green FEMA trailer home decked out with shiny blue solar panels and topped with a translucent, bucky-ball dome, does it? So you can imagine our excitement when we spotted just that (a.k.a the Emergency Response Studio) parked right below Houston St. The salvaged FEMA trailer by Paul Villinski was bustling with visitors trying to get a peek of the modern, and rather spacious, interior, as well as learn about its long list of sustainable features. If you missed the trailer, don't worry - just click through our gallery to take your own mini-tour!

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If you were at the Festival of Ideas on the Bowery in New York City, you may have spotted the Inhabitat NYC team darting from booth to booth like news ninjas, looking for the most eye-catching exhibits and installations. Well it doesn't get much more eye-catching than a blindingly green FEMA trailer home decked out with shiny blue solar panels and topped with a translucent, bucky-ball dome, does it? So you can imagine our excitement when we spotted just that (a.k.a the Emergency Response Studio) parked right below Houston St. The salvaged FEMA trailer by Paul Villinski was bustling with visitors trying to get a peek of the modern, and rather spacious, interior, as well as learn about its long list of sustainable features. If you missed the trailer, don't worry - just click through our gallery to take your own mini-tour!

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[Kim0330]

02:38 PM on 05/17/2011

Awesome idea!

[azatrox]

10:40 PM on 05/16/2011

Between the solar panels and wind turbine, trailers like this would be revolutionary in states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Whole trailer parks with virtually no electric bills...awesome!

[Chrystal Ji Davey]

09:29 PM on 05/16/2011

Eeeeepic

[ManOutOfTime]

07:38 PM on 05/16/2011

Yes it is the most awesome trailer ever.

[rlkretzmeier]

06:44 PM on 05/16/2011

"The energy-efficient dwelling made an appearance in downtown Manhattan, and attracted quite a crowed "...
MMMMM does this translate to sort of say they were "singing its praises?" What is a crowed..noun or verb..I skipped that class in english 202. Can someone help me?

[Widespread Panic]

12:01 PM on 05/16/2011

Wouldn't want to live there permanently, but it would be really cool for camping and travelling cross country.

[David Wertheimer]

11:28 PM on 05/15/2011

T
his would actually be worth it if you owned the lot to sit this on or payed 100 dollar a month in lot rent BRILLIANT!!!!

[Ginger Inu]

10:58 PM on 05/15/2011

Great idea.

[Red45]

10:08 PM on 05/15/2011

Wow. I really want one of these.

[Turtuga Blanku]

09:37 PM on 05/15/2011

And a bit of solar power music to listen to while working or relaxing in the trailer: http://www.TurtugaBlanku.com

[Lasse Von Gakhausen]

06:56 PM on 05/15/2011

Why not use LED lights? u know, 3 watt use?, and those solar panels are old, something that size should give 3kw now.. but a beautifull idea. in Denmark we work non stop to improve our impact on earth, we are better than the us, but not very much..

[Red45]

10:13 PM on 05/15/2011

Just based on travels there, I think European countries are way ahead of the US in alternative energies and protecting the environment. Here, the environment is more likely to be exploited than protected, sadly.

[jcarterla]

04:37 PM on 05/15/2011

If they could create a trailer that was tornado proof, that would be amazing.

[no exit]

10:03 AM on 05/16/2011

Would a below ground level parking space work, with a sliding lid to park on when there aren't any tornadoes?

[ForVivi]

04:28 PM on 05/15/2011

Photos of the parked FEMA trailers our tax money bought:

http://www.pbase.com/pgkps/fema_trailers_in_hope_arkansas

[JasonJM]

04:07 PM on 05/15/2011

Let me guess....I paid for this junk.

[hotsparks]

05:27 PM on 05/15/2011

Probably yes, but don't you see....it's painted green! Isn't that cool, it's painted green.

[persuter]

03:02 AM on 05/16/2011

This is why guessing is a bad idea.

It's a privately-owned and -built art studio. The project sponsors on the website are all privately owned companies or charitable foundations: http://www.emergencyresponsestudio.org/project.html

I'm curious - how did you come up with your guess?

[Sam Salinitis]

03:57 PM on 05/15/2011

all of these ideas seemed to make the world look more like an episode of sanford and son....the chinese are building futuristic cities while we focus on turning junk into street art.....lol

[pixiepotpie]

08:25 PM on 05/15/2011

I'd take Any kind of art or over more buildings.

[no exit]

10:06 AM on 05/16/2011

Ditto!

[Sam Salinitis]

03:55 PM on 05/16/2011

don't say that to the architectural programs