Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: Reaction Housing Emergency Shelters http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/28/prefab-friday-reaction-housing-emergency-shelters/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:18:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: christolleshttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/28/prefab-friday-reaction-housing-emergency-shelters/comment-page-1/#comment-112144 christolles Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:30:12 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/28/prefab-friday-reaction-housing-emergency-shelters/#comment-112144 I don't want to be a troll here, but this stinks of Accordion reCover:http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/03/matthew-malone-recovery-shelter/1. $5000 and reusable? Impossible.2. Props for building a full-size prototype, but the lack of technical specifications is worrying. How long is this supposed to last? What is it specifically made of? How does it fit into a shipping container? Can it only be loaded/unloaded from a truck one-at-a-time? Where does this "special umbilical line" come from?3. 1000 lbs of water in the floor isn't helpful unless your slick click-in shell attachment points can handle 1000 lbs of force - extremely unlikely. The weakest link in the chain, etc.4. Ventilation? None.5. The idea of lockable emergency shelters is poorly considered and a security nightmare.Stuff like this is well and good for a student portfolio, but don't try to pass it off as a real product. Besting FEMA a good emergency shelter does not make...Maybe the designer could speak up in the comments? A perhaps a little earlier in the game and without the personal insults like the reCover guy? I don’t want to be a troll here, but this stinks of Accordion reCover:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/03/matthew-malone-recovery-shelter/

1. $5000 and reusable? Impossible.

2. Props for building a full-size prototype, but the lack of technical specifications is worrying. How long is this supposed to last? What is it specifically made of? How does it fit into a shipping container? Can it only be loaded/unloaded from a truck one-at-a-time? Where does this “special umbilical line” come from?

3. 1000 lbs of water in the floor isn’t helpful unless your slick click-in shell attachment points can handle 1000 lbs of force – extremely unlikely. The weakest link in the chain, etc.

4. Ventilation? None.

5. The idea of lockable emergency shelters is poorly considered and a security nightmare.

Stuff like this is well and good for a student portfolio, but don’t try to pass it off as a real product. Besting FEMA a good emergency shelter does not make…

Maybe the designer could speak up in the comments? A perhaps a little earlier in the game and without the personal insults like the reCover guy?

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