Kosovo

Pallet House Transitional Refugee Shelter

Project Location: New York, NY, United States
Building Type: Emergency Shelter
Project Descripton: The Pallet House project was initially conceived as a transitional shelter for the refugees returning to Kosovo after the war. These people needed an immediate alternative to the typical tent solution that could potentially transform into a new....

Transitional Housing Competition

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Temporary Shelter
Project Descripton:
ADVANTAGES OF THE CONCEPT:

i. ABUNDANCE OF MATERIAL
These containers are readily available worldwide and available in standard sizes and specifications. There is no shortage of these relatively cheap raw material.

ii.....

Transitional Housing

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Transitional Shelter
Project Descripton:
Basically, the transitional house consists of two elements, the wooden frame and air inflated membrane, the wooden skeleton is to be constructed and raised by carpenters and the membrane by the inhabitants themselves ( having in mind that the....

Paper Loghouse

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Transitional Shelter
Project Descripton:
Paper tube structure can last permanently.

Paper Tube Structure is the structural system composed of hollow cardboard tubes made by recycled paper. PTS has been given the structural permissions from Japanese and German building....

Do it Yourself!

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Temporary Shelter
Project Descripton:
The needed elements to provide a temporary shelter are contained in a plastic case. Its shockproof ability and size allows airdrops and road carrying. Once on site, facing medias shooting, the standing advertisements on case provide refund for....

air envelope

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Temporary Shelter
Project Descripton:
Architecture is supposed to provide shelter. In early 1999, nowhere was the need for shelter more critical than in the war-torn region of Kosovo. Hundreds of thousands were without a place to live. Their homes in ruins and the infrastructure of....

Rubble Makers

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Temporary Shelter
Project Descripton:
In addition to the stated objectives within the briefing document and based upon this teams’ experience we have added the following important objectives of the design and project.

1. The manufacture and fabrication of the system must....

Air Pipe House

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Transitional Shelter
Project Descripton:
An "Air Pipe" House uses pipes made of synthetic fiber into which compressed air is pumped to form a structural material. Zippers are used to connect the parts thus making it easy for anyone to build this house. Moreover, the modular nature of....

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Home Is Where The Heart Is

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Transitional Shelter
Project Descripton:
Home is where the heart is!
A suitcase for people going back home containing a mobile phone, a hammer and a manual explaining how they can use the simple light weight scaffolding materials which are provided by the UN Peacekeeping....

Tree of Life

Project Location: Kosovo
Building Type: Transitional Shelter
Project Descripton:
Background
Tree of Life is a universal system, the construction of which can be infinitely varied according to local culture and conditions. The design is a basic unit providing basic human needs for water and shelter. The intent is....

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