Question #1

The Smithsons viewed their cars as an extension of the home. In As in DS, Alison Smithson talks about the car as a "moving living room...with children in the backseat drawing or playing invented board games to do with the car and architects sketching and photographing the landscape as seen through the windshield." They feel that their cars are a compact, efficient, smaller version of the occupiable space in a home. I feel that contemporary cars today are also seen in a similar way. I feel that people are still treating their vehicles as extensions of their homes. The car seems to be used as that bridge between home and the road. For example, the car is used as storage for items that are needed when away for the home. TV and movies can be watched in the car, often to entertain the kids while driving. The interior is designed for comfort, with the seats acting as furniture. The list goes on...but overall, I definitely feel that cars today are still seen as an extension of the home.