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.

Designed for the V-A-C Foundation, Venice-Based Israeli architect Omri Revesz’s adjustable Street Cinema rests lightly next to a canal in Venice,...

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

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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

London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has collaborated with charitable organisations to produce emergency structures meant to serve displaced communities.

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

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.

It's cuter than any hobbit house.

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