disaster housing

Cutwork proposes innovative “just add water” housing for refugees

In a bid to alleviate the global refugee housing crisis, Paris-based design studio Cutwork developed a conceptual...

When artist, engineer and former Inhabitat Architecture Editor, Bridgette Meinhold, heard about the earthquake...

When natural or man-made catastrophic disasters hit, it can be difficult to find long-term housing solutions...

[gallery_extend] We last wrote about the Exo in 2014 when the company was raising funds to send the...

A team from the New York City College of Technology is bringing a new vision for post-disaster housing to this...

[gallery_extend] Urgent Architecture is an organized, straightforward, no-nonsense collection of prefabricated,...

[gallery_extend] During our visit to the shipping container-esque living accommodations, OEM housing...

[gallery_extend] The OEM erected three apartments near its Brooklyn offices at Cadman Plaza. The units range...

[gallery_extend] The immediate days after a disaster are the most critical since victims need supplies...

[gallery_extend] Team Kentuckiana makes use of the engineering, business and communication skills from...

[gallery_extend] Part of MoMA's EXPO 1 series exploring "ecological challenges in the context of the economic...

[gallery_extend] The "What If NYC..." design competition offered up lots of potential solutions, which...

[gallery_extend] The building blocks for the Liina Shelter are prefabricated, wooden sandwich panels...

[gallery_extend] Chui’s design is a series of repeated L-shaped walls made from earth blocks which...

Survival Rooms are container-sized units that offer total disaster protection within enclosed capsules. These self-sufficient...