AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Climate Action
KEYWORDS
refugees, informal settlements, housing
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Architects for Society
WEBSITE
http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/14/architects-for-society-low-cost-hexagonal-shelter-housing-refugees-crisis-humanitarian-architecture/
HEX HOUSE
an affordable, rapidly deployable solar home for disaster victims
Minnesota-based Architects for Society has developed a prototype for a rapidly deployable dwelling that could house victims of catastrophic events (+ slideshow). Called the Hex House, the 431-square-foot (40-square-metre) unit is largely made of steel-and-foam Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs), which can be flat-packed and delivered by truck to a building site.