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| Ikea's Newly Designed Refugee Shelters Are a Game Changer |
| 2015-04-12 |
After pursuing extensive research and testing, the Ikea Foundation and the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are preparing to roll out 10,000 innovative shelters for refugees that will provide the very basics any human would need to survive. Requiring no additional tools, the 188-square-foot Better Shelter can accommodate five people, is easy to assemble and is fitted with a solar panel and lamp. Separate link with fotos and a technical drawing. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 "damned hot in summer" well that might just be an inducement to the inmates to get off their lazy refugee arse and find work. or else just lay there, sweat and whine. might be even more fun to simply send the IKEA kits over and 'forget' to include the special metric allen wrench needed to screw it all together..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-04-12 21:34 |
| #9 Need a big box fan for the summer. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-04-12 16:45 |
| #8 Right, Pappy. Modular crockpots in the Afghan desert sun. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-04-12 15:55 |
| #7 Which General Dostum used to his advantage... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-04-12 13:25 |
| #6 CONEX = damned hot in summer |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-04-12 12:19 |
| #5 What's wrong with a shipping container and a cutting torch. No instructions needed ( other than,'I think I liked it when the window was over THERE) and none of Ed's dreaded particle board |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2015-04-12 10:48 |
| #4 The only problem is if you loose the instructions you're basically doomed. That and the particle board... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-04-12 10:26 |
| #3 Not partial to Buckminster Fuller's arty launched decontamination shelters? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-04-12 09:09 |
| #2 Private enterprise at work. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-04-12 03:20 |
| #1 Some good designing going on there. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-04-12 01:30 |