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Cyclone Shelter / Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees
Jan 28th
Courtesy of Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees The proposal for the international competition for a cyclone shelter in Bangladesh by Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees is conceptualized as a boat-building, referencing two local typologies – the boat and the landing ghat. Located in Ranggabali , a small village in the Patuakhali Province, the building is half submerged in water in times of cyclone flooding while beached against a concrete ghat in dry seasons. Sheltering its occupants in the liminal zone between land and water, it makes place by transitioning from depth and section to surface and plan
Bus Shelter / Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Dec 11th
© JWest Productions Architect: Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Location: Raleigh , North Carolina , USA Client: Wake Technical Community College Project Team: Jeffrey Lee, Douglas Brinkley, Marni Rushing, David Hill Completion: 2007 Photographs: JWest Productions © JWest Productions Completed in 2007, the bus shelter is a prototype design that has been initially constructed on the Main Campus of Wake Tech Community College. As the College’s enrollment grows and the subsequent demand for public transportation increases, this prototype will be located on all of the current and future campuses. The bus shelter received a 2008 AIA National Small Project Structures Award.
Transitional Shelter Design Study in Haiti by MICA
May 7th
© Laurel Cummings In March of 2011, a design-build class from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) received a grant in support of their efforts to design a shelter for disaster relief. The money from the grant was used to travel to Haiti to see conditions on the ground, 14 months after the earthquake that reportedly amassed some 230,000 fatalities. The goal of the trip was to investigate the myriads of different shelter construction projects still ongoing as Haiti transitions from the emergency tents and tarpaulins that still populate the landscape, into temporary housing for the foreseeable future until permanent housing can be provided through rebuilding
Bamboo Shelter by Esan Rahmani + Mukul Damle
Sep 20th
© Esan Rahmani + Mukul Damle Australian designer Esan Rahmani in collaboration with Mukul Damle have designed “Bamboo Pavillion”, a synthesis of sustainable ideas for a communal shelter for the disadvantaged around the Indian Ocean Rim. Focusing on readily available materials in the region, the whole pavillion is designed to be made from bamboo
MASTODON Mobile Skyscraper is a Pop Up Disaster Relief Shelter
Aug 23rd
We’ve seen our share of smart disaster relief shelters before, but none that ever featured a mobile skyscraper – until now.
Dynamic Shelter / Sjölander da Cruz Architects
Aug 17th
Courtesy of Sjölander da Cruz Architects Birmingham-based Sjölander da Cruz Architects shared with us their latest project, a dynamic shelter for the young people of Amington near Tamworth, UK. You can see more images and architect’s description after the break
Amington Youth Shelter by Sjölander da Cruz Architects
Aug 16th
Sjölander da Cruz Architects of Birmingham have completed this shelter at a park on a former wasteland in Amington, UK.
The Crib Prefab Inspired By Traditional American Corn Cribs
Jun 11th
The Crib prefab is another cool example of a small sustainable structure designed for a backyard residence, studio, or remote cabi. Inspired by the traditional American architecture of corn cribs , a common farm building used to store and dry corn, The Crib uses prefabricated steel beam architecture as a nod to traditional timber frame construction
