A Roof Over Our Heads

“As many experts on emergency housing have pointed out, temporary post-disaster communities often put down roots and stick around. From the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, decent temporary structures often end up functioning as woefully inadequate permanent dwellings that sometimes shelter residents not for months or even a few years but for generations.

In light of this, a whole field of architecture has sprung up that would address the humanitarian problems of disaster-relief housing primarily as a design exercise. Their rationale is a well-considered one: If people are going to stay in these structures for a long time, why not build them right in the first place? “

-Carol Lloyd, Shelter From The Storm

With hurricane season around the corner (disaster relief) and the housing market difficult (affordable housing), opportunity exists to combine the two  much-needed shelter requirements into one structure.  Wherever located in the world, prefab housing, if designed efficiently, cost effectively and structurally sound, can solve existing challenges inherent to the geographic and demographic location of its occupants.

– Barron Schimberg, AIA LEED AP