The Hinged Shelter is a disaster relief shelter designed to be comfortable, inviting, and easy to transport. Instead of being constructed similar to FEMA trailers with little to no attention to human psychological and social needs, The Hinged Shelter uses various elements and principles of design to make the temporary living space a place that the family will feel relaxed and ready to start their healing process sooner. The shelter also incorporates sustainable design, using materials with specific "green" qualities.
For this project, a public service announcement was made to show how this shelter can benefit the lives of people who have lost everything during hurricanes on the east coast of the United States. A physical, working, small-scale model was also created to showcase the hinges, which allow the entire structure to be collapsed into a thickness of less than three feet.
For this project, a public service announcement was made to show how this shelter can benefit the lives of people who have lost everything during hurricanes on the east coast of the United States. A physical, working, small-scale model was also created to showcase the hinges, which allow the entire structure to be collapsed into a thickness of less than three feet.