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Cocoon by Woods Bagot is a Comforting Emergency Shelter for Four

08/09/2012
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    People are understandably insecure when natural disasters destroy their homes, so the Australian firm <a href="http://www.woodsbagot.com/en/Pages/CocoonEmergencyShelterExhibitionAug2012.aspx">Woods Bagot</a> designed an <a href="http://inhabitat.com/emergency-shelters-and-disaster-relief-for-the-people-of-haiti/">emergency shelter</a> that would provide victims with a cozy, temporary reprieve. Originally displayed at Brisbane's King George Square as part of the <a href="http://www.emergencyshelteraustralia.com/indexB.html">2012 Emergency Shelter Exhibition</a>, Cocoon provides emergency shelter for up to four displaced people.
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  • Cocoon by Woods Bagot
    This is a temporary shelter designed to give relief to victims of natural disasters
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  • Cocoon by Woods Bagot
    Called Cocoon, the shelter was exhibited as part of the Brisbane 2012 Emergency Shelter Exhibition
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  • Cocoon by Woods Bagot
    Woods Bagot wanted to give victims of natural disasters a cozy place to call home
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  • Cocoon by Woods Bagot
    It is constructed simply out of timber and clad in whatever materials are available locally
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  • Cocoon by Woods Bagot
    Netting, chicken wire and palm fronds are all suitable cladding materials
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    Although some people might be put off by the transparency, nonetheless this is a good, efficient concept that can fit up to four people
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Cocoon by Woods Bagot

People are understandably insecure when natural disasters destroy their homes, so the Australian firm Woods Bagot designed an emergency shelter that would provide victims with a cozy, temporary reprieve. Originally displayed at Brisbane's King George Square as part of the 2012 Emergency Shelter Exhibition, Cocoon provides emergency shelter for up to four displaced people.

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