portable and emergency architecture news and projects https://www.designboom.com/tag/portable-and-emergency-architecture/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 autoflux resilient aquatic units shapeshift between emergency and living states https://www.designboom.com/architecture/autoflux-resilient-aquatic-urbanism-shapeshifting-architecture-aa-drl-03-07-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/autoflux-resilient-aquatic-urbanism-shapeshifting-architecture-aa-drl-03-07-2024/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:15:04 +0000 Anna Kon https://www.designboom.com/?p=1051818

the adaptable units utilize a structurally graded shell and embedded pneumatics.

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darkened plywood coats REDUKT’s mobile tiny cabin offering an off-grid retreat https://www.designboom.com/architecture/darkened-plywood-redukt-mobile-tiny-cabin-off-grid-retreat-12-24-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/darkened-plywood-redukt-mobile-tiny-cabin-off-grid-retreat-12-24-2024/#respond Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:30:28 +0000 Marcin Jarysz https://www.designboom.com/?p=1034534

featuring two color schemes, redukt's small cabin, despite its compact 15 sqm footprint, ensures full comfort.

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students propose bamboo flood-responsive housing in karachi using vernacular architecture https://www.designboom.com/architecture/students-bamboo-flood-responsive-housing-karachi-local-vernacular-04-13-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/students-bamboo-flood-responsive-housing-karachi-local-vernacular-04-13-2023/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:10:07 +0000 Suneela Ahmed https://www.designboom.com/?p=982169

the design remains sensitive to sindh's climate and customs while enabled to float, submerge, or block in response to flooding.

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maawa X expands from a suitcase to a pop-up house for emergency, eco-friendly shelter https://www.designboom.com/architecture/maawa-x-suitcase-pop-up-house-emergency-eco-friendly-shelter-03-13-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/maawa-x-suitcase-pop-up-house-emergency-eco-friendly-shelter-03-13-2023/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:50:23 +0000 A. Al Raggad https://www.designboom.com/?p=973724

the eco-friendly pop-up is reusable and recyclable, and integrated with solar panels and and weather protection.

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anthony hodson restores work-life balance with reclusive garden office pod https://www.designboom.com/architecture/anthony-hodson-work-reclusive-garden-office-pod-dzome-02-16-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/anthony-hodson-work-reclusive-garden-office-pod-dzome-02-16-2023/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2023 03:05:25 +0000 anthonyhodson https://www.designboom.com/?p=966470

inspired by nature and the fibonacci sequence, reflective segments of galvanized steel overlap to shape the rounded pod.

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portable and durable ‘nanoTRAINO’ evacuation sled unfolds in seconds https://www.designboom.com/design/portable-durable-nanotraino-evacuation-sled-unfolds-seconds-01-11-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/portable-durable-nanotraino-evacuation-sled-unfolds-seconds-01-11-2023/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:15:09 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=956834

weighting less than 640g, nanoTRAINO is the size of a water bottle and can be used quickly in case of an accident.

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zaha hadid designs 27 tents as schools, clinics and shelters for refugee communities https://www.designboom.com/architecture/zaha-hadid-27-tents-schools-clinics-shelters-refugee-communities-12-21-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/zaha-hadid-27-tents-schools-clinics-shelters-refugee-communities-12-21-2022/#respond Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:50:09 +0000 sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=953711

the weather-proof, modular structures will serve as classrooms, temporary housing, and medical centers for displaced children and their families.

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these octagonal bamboo shelters are gradually reviving flood-hit villages in pakistan https://www.designboom.com/architecture/lari-octa-green-emergency-bamboo-shelters-flood-relief-heritage-foundation-of-pakistan-10-26-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/lari-octa-green-emergency-bamboo-shelters-flood-relief-heritage-foundation-of-pakistan-10-26-2022/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:01:17 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=939230

the 'lari octa green' relief project is giving flood victims agency by including them in the building process.

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low-cost toilet ‘sandi’ flushes using sand for a waterless restroom solution https://www.designboom.com/design/low-cost-waterless-toilet-sandi-archie-read-08-04-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/design/low-cost-waterless-toilet-sandi-archie-read-08-04-2022/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2022 10:50:17 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=919514

the waterless toilet has a conveyor belt and a lever that pushes out the sand from its body and bowl into the storage below.

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felipe campolina’s 32.4 sqm portable housing unit can make parking areas habitable https://www.designboom.com/architecture/felipe-campolina-urban-camp-portable-housing-unit-parking-areas-proposal-07-28-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/felipe-campolina-urban-camp-portable-housing-unit-parking-areas-proposal-07-28-2022/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:40:39 +0000 fpcamp https://www.designboom.com/?p=918061

the 'urban camp' unit is an affordable and easy-to-assemble structure, made of tube & clamp scaffolding, that can host over 4 four people.

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