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RED+HOUSING Emergency Shelter Prototype

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New York's OBRA Architects developed RED+HOUSING as housing for disaster relief. Made for temporary use, the structures uses methods that allow for quick construction, easy transport, and minimum waste...

 
 

"In China the project is proposed almost entirely in bamboo plywood, one of earth's most renewable of materials. The cover fabric can also be considered as woven out of waterproof bamboo fibers."

We're inspired by the design's beauty in the face of such stringent requirements. We figure, if temporary emergency housing can be made with such an eye toward good design, so can any home.

See the rest of RED+HOUSING at OBRA Architects. Or read up on another of their projects, this time for small urban apartments: URBIA Furniture System from OBRA Architects.

posted originally from: AT:New York

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prefab & modular, safety & security, design

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it made me think of Katrina victims

posted by Lizzykewl on August 27th 2009 at 1:21pm
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