mini-shelters
from the schools | personal shelter by ilona hay
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Plymouth weather hair and face protector (it rains a lot here), by Zoe Latham.
How small can architecture be? This studio project set in Plymouth, UK dealt with the design of a bespoke personal shelter. It addressed designing the smallest possible architecture, a shelter for an individual. Each designer developed a shelter for a specific purpose, either for physical or emotional protection. The mini-shelters have small budgets to match their size, with much use of found and recycled materials. This in itself has led to small carbon footprints. Designers made the best use of skills and facilities they had immediate access to; the shelters are relatively low-tech. In many cases, lateral thinking was applied to techniques not often employed in architecture, such as pattern making and clothing design. For an architectural shelter based on the body, this is completely appropriate. The mini-shelters show a range and depth possible within the realm of small architecture, from the practical to the emotional and whimsical. The exploration of such modestly proportioned structures will help to encourage simpler, smaller and more efficient future buildings, by proving that ‘small is beautiful’ and ‘less is more’. v
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