Old Boats Fashioned into Virtually Indestructible Vostok Shelter

Climate change, war, and poverty were the impetus for this <a href="http://inhabitat.com/bomb-proof-wallpaper-could-save-you-in-a-natural-disaster/" target="_blank">virtually indestructible shelter</a> out of old steel plates recuperated from demolished boats. Dubbed the <a href="http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/evenements/vostok/" target="_blank">Vostok Cabin</a>, the armored abode was built by Dutch <a href="http://www.ateliervanlieshout.com/" target="_blank">Atelier Van Lieshout</a> for an exhibition in Paris and explores one very tough way to provide shelter using recycled materials.

Atelier Van Lieshout worked with astrophysicist Jean-Philippe Uzan, and musician Eddie Ladoire, on the installation for Foundation 93.

The virtually indestructible shelter acts as the sound room for the installation on display at the Cite de la Science in Paris until March 2011.

Constructed out of old metal plates from boats, the shelter is welded together and and acts much like a bunker.

Inside, the cabin is furnished with just the basics.

Imperfections in the materials are clearly visible, and give the cabin a raw and unfinished look.

Atelier Van Lieshout designed and built the shelter to explore construction in a future world where disaster proof design will be needed.

The bunker-like shelter could come in handy in emergency situations but hopefully we won't ever need to use it.

The shelter is furnished with benches, a handmade stove and an improvised toilet.

The improvised shelter was welded together by a local blacksmith.

The shelter explores scraps, repurposing of materials and improvised design in anticipation of times of revolution and civil war when such a shelter may be necessary.