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pYou’ve still got 11 days to enter our latest a href=”http://boards.core77.com/viewtopic.php?f=35t=20712″1 Hour Design Challenge: Emergency Shelters/a. The competition asks you to design an appropriate and innovative pop-up shelter solution, in light of the earthquake in Haiti. Core77 will donate $500 in the name of the winner to Architecture for Humanity’s Earthquake Support Program./p

pBelow, two shelters that truly “pop-up” and make use of their compactness to fold in a few basic necessities. /p

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pstrongFrom Jurrasix/strong: The idea is a modular crate where each side individually holds first aid kits, blankets and other essentials. The box locks back together for storage and transportation. The crates would be somewhat heavy duty so they could be reused and long lasting./p

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pstrongFrom Gizmosaurus/strong: The main idea behind this entry is compactness.br /
A shelter, multipurpose bag, water cantines, blankets, towels and a water collector/filter are all contained within single shell which itself is the water collector. The strap that comes on the basin can be detached and used on the bag so that while the shelter is needed no excess material is left. The shelter works like an emergency raft (pull tab for automatic inflation) but with a breathable cloth making up the walls./p

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