Design of an Emergency Shelter

Kamerling, M.W.

Design of an Emergency Shelter

Conference paper (2013)

Authors

M.W. Kamerling

Department

Architectural Engineering and Technology

Sustainability Load transfer Grid shell Temparory

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23-09-2013

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Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2013 BEYOND THE LIMITS OF MAN”, Wroclaw, Poland, 23-27 September 2013

Faculty

Architecture and The Built Environment

Department

Architectural Engineering and Technology

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a light and robust temporary emergency shelter with a triangulated polyhedral grid to transfer the lateral and vertical loads efficiently. To simplify the construction the variety of the elements is minimized, only two sizes of elements are applied. For the structural grid alternatives are designed using varying materials as cardboard, aluminum, steel and timber. The dimensions of the elements are validated. The alternatives are compared and ranked to minimize the environmental load due to the production, assemblage and transport.

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