Perpetual motion, usually of the energy expending kind flows through the Urban Environment. From the collisions of migration through to the ambulations of the urban walker, this drives the frisson of urban life.

Picture by Matt Hawthorn

Urban Tumbleweed, the detritus of our plastic wrapped lifestyle rolling across the urban landscape, provides a gentle metaphor for this

As a resource for the Urban Shanty Builder this is invaluable, plentiful, accessible and portable, the Urban Tumbleweed Houses find their own location with the flow of the City.

Picture by Matt Hawthorn

Shanty dwellers need only happen upon a Tumbleweed House, their bodies providing a temporary anchor, before the structure is returned to the everyday flow.