For the past few years the world has seen its share of devastating events and disasters that have displaced millions of people and in a way this has created a movement to design and develop shelters that are mobile, easy to deploy, robust, and even sustainable. Many designers and firms have created their own solutions over the years.
Weaving A Home is a project by architect, artist, and designer Abeer Seikaly and features a lightweight, mobile, and structural fabric that has been crafted into a woven shelter designed to be used in disaster zones.
The woven shelter is made of structural fabric that is both flexible and stretchable. The design is inspired by forms and functions found in nature – like that of the skin of a snake – as well as the art of weaving and its social element. The weave design represents how the shelters help displaced residents weave their lives back together. The description on Seikaly’s website states,
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Lakewood Ranch Community Emergency Response Team members and Manatee officials gear up for a hurricane season that's predicted to see dozens of storms.
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The Ottawa Mission says shelter services should be located closer to where people need them and zoning has been a barrier. That could soon change.
- Harrison County announces new hurricane evacuation zoneson May 6, 2024 at 4:29 pm
The new zones include the latest information on storm surge and flooding, as well as the vulnerability of local infrastructure.
- New Evacuation Zones in Harrison Countyon May 6, 2024 at 1:20 pm
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- Migrants moved out of all Chicago Park District shelterson April 15, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Office of Emergency Management and Communications ... Another 132 were awaiting placement in shelters – 130 of them at the city's landing zone, and two at Chicago police stations.
- City Council indicates support for migrant shelter — but not downtownon April 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm
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- Migrant Shelter Slated for Toxic Gowanus Site With Fast-Track OKs From City Agencieson December 26, 2023 at 1:01 pm
The building at 130 Third St. sits in a zone highly contaminated ... use was also justified due to an “emergency,” the property’s use as a shelter could continue long after the migrant ...
- Paradise lost: Inside Peru's emergency zoneon September 26, 2022 at 10:47 am
Zambrano has also partnered with local Indigenous groups to fight against illegal gold mining in the buffer zone of the Tambopata ... Guadalupe set up his own shelter in town.
- Search the United Nationson April 25, 2022 at 5:37 am
Specifically, 84% of respondents in 2023 reported not having a personal preparedness plan in case of a disaster, such as knowing evacuation routes, available shelters, and having emergency supplies.
- Storm Shelter Locationson March 17, 2021 at 9:47 am
REMINDER: These shelters are open during normal campus hours in the event of an emergency. If a decision is made to close ... Inside the 1st floor corridor space located off the load in zone. Inside ...
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