Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln design and create portable homeless shelters.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Shelters in Progress - 4/7
Team 1 added small windows for airflow to their shelter. The tent-like tube collapses into a backpack. Team 3 working on their triangular tent-like structure.
Team 4 taking their shelter for a test run outside.
Team 2 revisited their design and decided on pvc arches that collapse into an old suitcase. They found the suitcase at Good Will for $7.
This blog is documentation of a project currently in progress at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Students are enrolled in the Speculative Drawing section of the Visual Literacy program. Their task is to create a collapsible portable homeless shelter that can withstand the elements. They have to work within a $50 budget.
This assignment was inspired by a project designed by Professor Jan Wampler and lecturer Alan Joslin at MIT School of Architecture and a project named EDAR developed by movie producer Peter Samuelson.
www.edar.org
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