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Utveckla (A portable shelter for urban environments)

Cox, Elias (2023) In Diploma work IDEM05 20231
Industrial 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
organization
course
IDEM05 20231
year
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
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2023-08-09 13:34:24
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  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}},
}