Utveckla (A portable shelter for urban environments)
(2023) In Diploma work IDEM05 20231Industrial Design
- Abstract
- There are almost 6 000 acutely homeless in Sweden, according
to the most recent estimation. The acutely homeless do not
have any type of accommodation and so they have to rely
on shelters for a half-decent place to sleep, but shelters are
not always available and some people do not want to stay in
shelters. When sleeping on the streets you are exposed to the
public, but also to rain, wind, snow and extreme temperatures.
The aim of this project was to develop a fully functional
mockup of a portable one-man shelter for sleeping in urban
environments. The purpose of the shelter was to make
the unpleasant experience of sleeping on the streets more
manageable.
The result was a shelter, consisting of tarp, velcro,... (More) - There are almost 6 000 acutely homeless in Sweden, according
to the most recent estimation. The acutely homeless do not
have any type of accommodation and so they have to rely
on shelters for a half-decent place to sleep, but shelters are
not always available and some people do not want to stay in
shelters. When sleeping on the streets you are exposed to the
public, but also to rain, wind, snow and extreme temperatures.
The aim of this project was to develop a fully functional
mockup of a portable one-man shelter for sleeping in urban
environments. The purpose of the shelter was to make
the unpleasant experience of sleeping on the streets more
manageable.
The result was a shelter, consisting of tarp, velcro, synthetic
straps and cardboard. Discarded cardboard can be slid into
pockets on the tarp to make it rigid. Once the tarp is laid on
the ground fully unfolded, the user can fold the structure to
form shelters in which to sleep, using velcro. For transport, the
shelter can be folded into a compact piece. (Less)
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- author
- Cox, Elias
- supervisor
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- Andreas Hopf LU
- Anna Persson LU
- organization
- course
- IDEM05 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- LUT-DVIDE/EX--23/50646-SE
- other publication id
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 9132485
- date added to LUP
- 2023-08-09 13:34:24
- date last changed
- 2023-08-09 13:34:24
@misc{9132485, abstract = {{There are almost 6 000 acutely homeless in Sweden, according to the most recent estimation. The acutely homeless do not have any type of accommodation and so they have to rely on shelters for a half-decent place to sleep, but shelters are not always available and some people do not want to stay in shelters. When sleeping on the streets you are exposed to the public, but also to rain, wind, snow and extreme temperatures. The aim of this project was to develop a fully functional mockup of a portable one-man shelter for sleeping in urban environments. The purpose of the shelter was to make the unpleasant experience of sleeping on the streets more manageable. The result was a shelter, consisting of tarp, velcro, synthetic straps and cardboard. Discarded cardboard can be slid into pockets on the tarp to make it rigid. Once the tarp is laid on the ground fully unfolded, the user can fold the structure to form shelters in which to sleep, using velcro. For transport, the shelter can be folded into a compact piece.}}, author = {{Cox, Elias}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Diploma work}}, title = {{Utveckla (A portable shelter for urban environments)}}, year = {{2023}}, }