Click to Play Martin Sjöholm of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) explains their design for a multifunctional crate / toilet stall. http://www.emergencyhousing.se/news/six-ways-to-die/ Six ways to die is a an introductory workshop to the Emergency Housing Project and sustainable design in humanitarian relief operations. The workshop takes of with a 24 hour residency in a [...]

Click to Play http://www.emergencyhousing.se/news/six-ways-to-die/ Six ways to die is a an introductory workshop to the Emergency Housing Project and sustainable design in humanitarian relief operations. The workshop takes of with a 24 hour residency in a temporary camp set up in the forests outside Hällefors. On site participants will experience life in a temporary camp [...]

This video shows the construction details on the plywood hexayurt that we built at the Engineers Without Borders / Practical Action “Small is…” festival. It’s really a fairly simple design. I want to do another one which shows much more of the construction process and detailing – how the boards are lapped in more detail, [...]

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Never having been to sea, we are prone to nautical metaphor. The Institute for Collapsonomics often uses nautical metaphors in discussing organizational roles and failures. The five basic functions we see are: Explorers go off the edge of the known and venture into terra incognita. They are scientists, inventors, politicians of a radical stripe, social [...]