PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The intent of this design solution
is to recast existing building systems
into new confi gurations, to awaken hidden
potentials of systems under realized.
While the context of this competition
gives specifi c times and dates for an
emergency, in reality, the event will strike
without suffi cient time to design and engineer
new emergency relief structures.
By using off-the-shelf components, such
as construction scaffolding and infl atable
tent structures, this design solution
illustrates how these systems can
be re-contextualized into new scenarios
such as open spaces, underpass, and
available parcels to create temporary relief
housing during ever more inevitable
catastrophes. The measure of success
for this design is not on inventing something
new, but taking something that is
readily available and using its inherent
properties to solve a new problem. As
the need for relief housing dwindles, the
systems can be put back to its original
use until some other temporary need
arises. In this way, the design accomplishes
a temporary housing solution without
burdening the need with issues of cost,
design, manufacturing and lead time.
