At the Welsh School of Architecture, 2nd-year students are offered to enter a design competition, sponsored by FINSA. This year’s brief was to design a mobile shelter for the growing homeless crisis in Cardiff. The only strict criteria was that it must be transportable on a flatbed lorry. Our aim was to design a modular pod that can be easily assembled by its potential residents. It can either stand-alone or near other pods to create a temporary community. The aesthetic aim was to leave insulation visible in both the walls and roof, to enhance the feeling of protection and warmth. In the roof, natural sheep wool is used to fit in the frame and create a second layer of cloudy sky.
One of six collaborators - responsible for the proposal of an assembly strategy and the physical model.
Team : Jan S., Augusta F., Ksenia D., Miltos C. and Tan B.S.
Perspective drawing of a single shelter - rendered by Jan Stawiarski
8 flat packed pods can fit on one flatbed lorry
Exploded axonometric drawing of a single shelter
Technical details: Roof to wall connection, wall connections and wall composition
Roof plan of a single shelter
Internal view of a single shelter
Creation of a community in different settings (public garden / top floor of a car park)
Model of an individual shelter on its platform