A nice concept for an urban shelter that can be easily build and collapsed, making it easier to transport.

Baring in mind the need for survival surrounded by the use of a life raft, could the design of such a product influence the design for a land based shelter? And at which point in the design will the scale of need or necessity tip in order to provide maximum effectiveness at minimal cost?

Climate Change Protection Complex : TreeHugger

Climate Change Protection Complex : TreeHugger

This is an interesting example of a shelter which looks like it could be easily made using the same processes as the Balmoral Group. The shelter consists of five different sections all of which serve different functions, for example one is the main living shelter, one for food, one for water, one for Medicine, and the last one is the utility shelter.

Although looking at the structure for prison cells may seem a little unorthodox, a prison cell is comprised with some of the bare essentials of what a shelter or temporary housing may require. These are; a secure enclosed space, sleeping quarters, toilet facilities, a window and space for personalisation.

PACO Packs A Lot Into a Little : TreeHugger

PACO Packs A Lot Into a Little : TreeHugger

Another link to the same item as mentioned below but with some more info and spec.

Small House Design "Paco" From Japan : TreeHugger

Small House Design "Paco" From Japan : TreeHugger

I found this article on TreeHugger. It is a design for a small house which tries to maximise on a minimalistic space. This is similar to what I hope to achieve with my project, creating a suitable shelter which is small enough to be portable but large enough to live in whilst capitalising on what space there is within it.

Our new project is in collaboration with the Balmoral Group (http://www.balmoral-group.com/) who specialises in providing solutions to the offshore, energy, engineering, building, chemical and plastics sectors.

The brief is to design a static or portable temporary shelter or dry storage solution for a domestic South East family affected by flooding.

I am excited to see where this project will go as I believe it has the potential to be applied to other areas across the world affected by natural disasters.