Temporary shelter

As the name suggests, the tiny house is an easy and temporary solution providing shelter to the needy. The maker projects the compact dwelling as an answer to creating something that is budgetary and quick to construct. Made primarily using lightweight materials like paper tubes for the roof and paper honeycomb boards with hanji (Korean traditional paper), the house has a layout that facilitates its making without any skilled builders.

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the 'pocket house' by vienna-based architect luna perschl is a modular system that can be placed in disaster-prone areas to prevent housing shortages.

The idea was to design a shelter that will be built in phases so that it can satisfy the need for instant emergency shelter and grow up with time to provide a temporary habitat for

Revival park has been designed by the inspiration of old famous gardens of Bagh-Shomal. It includes temporary shelters for earthquake victims which uses indigenous materials and Techniques of old houses and nomadic tents of the region. The purpose of the project is to revive the favorable sense of the site and people existed in the past tense. # Concept Architecture Competition # Urban Planning Competition # Urban Design Competition

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It's cuter than any hobbit house.

TU delft students francisca hamilton, nathan ngo and thanat prathnadi introduce 'ponya', a modular system for disaster-struck communities within sub-saharan africa.

Image 35 of 35 from gallery of Mobile Working Cabin for Rural Vitalization / SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING, NANJING UNIVERSITY. axonometric. Image Courtesy of SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING, NANJING UNIVERSITY

Barberio Colella ARC has unveiled an emergency shelter for displaced Nepalese people. It features some interesting ideas, including an concertina-like expandable structure that enables easier transport and assembly.