Portable shelter

Life Cubes are multi-purpose camping tents for overland, on truck beds or on water and ALSO rapid deployment shelter systems that simplify and expedite emergency response efforts.

This 'Quite Lite Quick Cabin' is a testament of the technological advancements that have been made with DIY tents and modular housing. Created by Lawrence Drake

THEME: 1 Hour Design Challenge: Emergency Shelters DOORS OPEN: January 27, 2010 9 PM PST (4PM GMT) DOORS CLOSE: February 28, 2010 9 PM PST (4PM GMT) BRIEF: Pop-up shelters have been a favorite exploration of d…

Innovation at its best.

Remain safe even if your home is destroyed by taking residence inside the modern disaster shelter. The design is lightweight and compact making it easy to transport, and it is designed to accommodate up to four people comfortably.

Six Foot Stretch Apex Hexayurt: Summary: If you are looking to build a hexayurt for two, don´t look any further ;) "A hexayurt is a simplified disaster relief shelter design. It is based on a hexagonal geodesic geometry adapted to construction from standard 4x8 foot sheets of fact…

Peter Gould wants to help Victoria’s homeless, one shopping-cart sized tiny house at a time. “I struggled with housing, in shelters for a few years.

the homeless home when night comes.... construction and materials

Steel Safe rooms can be installed in the garage or basement. We can install the safe in any room that has a concrete floor system.

These are 92 sq. ft. Student-Built Housing Pods for the Homeless. Eleven architecture students from USC School of Architecture, funded by MADWORKSHOP, built these tiny homes in Los Angeles, where 50,000 people sleep on the streets

wheel shelter

Warmpod is a disaster-resistant, weatherproof shelter for homeless people.

MADWORKSHOP has partnered with USC architecture students to spearhead an organization who develop design solutions that address LA's homelessness crisis.

shelter in a cart (build process on the right) loading the cart carting the cart

Setting up the tent is nobody’s favorite part of the camping trip. And the bigger and nicer the tent, the longer it takes to set up, right? “No!” shouts This expansive 144 square feet tent can be assembled in less than 18 seconds to provide comfortable and safe harbor from the elements.

It isn’t often that a grad school project can land you a visit with the Pope. But anyone who’d like to try may want to talk to Nicolás García Mayor.

In light of the Haiti earthquake, design site Core 77 challenged designers to come up with innovative ideas for emergency shelters. Here are some of their ideas.

This man builds amazing structures for the homeless. A true hero!