Cart Shelter

3D Model

This design is a response to an open architectural design competition in 2006, for a shelter for homeless people in their cart. It got a 2009 OAA Award in the category of concepts/proposals.

In this design proposal design itself is a tool that brings social awarness and discussion to society; both people and institutions can contribute to the solving of this phenomena. The objective was to create some sort of a shelter out of the only possession of many homeless people, the very cart that they carry all the time.

The shelter had to be easy to manufecture [simple joints and details] and to use recycled and waste materials for the frame and the base. Fabric for the transformable shelter had to be flexible and waterproof [easy to shrink and expand]. A folding/sliding bed frame supports the shelter/tent, and it had to be affordable, to function well, and to be feasible in its manufacture.

>Credits<

Design: Reza Aliabadi [rzlbd]
Design: 2006