emergency shelters

[jagolden01]

Originally Posted by carlos filipe

Look guys, the homeless issue is not a design problem.
We live alone amidst the crowd. When people worship the mighty .............(please fill the prefered currency) and look at the neighbor as competitor, not another human, there will allways be homeless or lonelely people suffering.
It is an option that a community makes. Then to ease the conscience, when that thing emerges like a burp, blames the guys in the suit, the politicians, the others.
Frankly I really don't understand what this thread is about. Is it to encourage to make some papermodels with a pratical aspect or is lounge conversation. If it is the later, I think there are other forums more suitable.
Best regards
Carlos

If you read the original post, you'll see it's not a lounge conversation, nor is it about the general homeless - it's about emergency shelters for emergency situations. It clearly explains the point of the thread.

[spaceagent-9]

i guess im working on a formed box,
with a lid on a tubcloset for a bed.
the whole thing might be 8 foot lont, 6 feet wide
and square. one window vent, one hatch.
you could dry dock a sub and run it straight into the power lines for energy.
they haul atomic subs around on trailers all the time, so for an emergency reactor and crew to run it, feasability is a plus. also what a great thing to do when you retire a nuclear submarine.
down scaling these units is so offensive to my idea for humane dignity that you might as well just pass out old army pup tents instead.

[Uyraell]

Try 8ft long, 8ft high, 6 ft wide. That way, the roof surface can be used to collect rainwater and mount collapsible solar panel(s).
The internal space between the roof and the internal ceiling can be used for the hot water tank, and internal ceiling lamp cabling.
The space beneath the internal flooring can be employed in mounting the internal plumbing from water tanks (hot and cold) to sink and drain (say on the left side), as well as (on the right side of the flooring) the heating and electrical connection cabling.
Remaining under-floor space can be non-essential storage, or, a coolspace for food, similar to the icebox of the 1920's.

In this manner, the internal dimensions of the cabin/pod still allow 6 foot of internal headroom, which would be sufficient for the average person.

Pods the dimensions I have suggested would also be relatively easily transported fully assembled if necessary, even though the majority of them would be transported in the folded/collapsed form.
One aspect that cannot be overlooked is this: all the internals of the pod, both engineering items and livingspace items MUST be transported IN the folded/collapsed pod itself.
Experience has repeatedly shown that separate subassemblies intended to be internally placed later tend to NOT travel with and arrive with the units they are intended to affix within.
Which means that some where, some group has empty pods, no internals, and somewhere else, another group has internals, but no exterior pods to put them in.

The history of Nissen huts during WW2 is illustrative of this point.
Heating stoves and bunks and internal non-structural (ie, plywood) walls turn up, minus the external structure they are intended for. Meanwhile, elsewhere, external structures turn up, minus internal fittings and related contents.

Disaster-Recovery/Life Pods can not afford that same series of errors.

Just a few thoughts on the topic, I hope they add to the discussion.

Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell.