Emergency Shelters

Though the shelters in this link are as a result of migration, I thought that they might be interesting to put up here all the same.

I've dropped in some of the images from the main article, but the article is a short, interesting read that gives context to the shelters. 

http://www.colorsmagazine.com/stories/magazine/89/story/in-calais-afghans-sleep-in-a-jungle-and-albanians-in-a-hotel

crystal palace

“Crystal Palace”: “It’s an urban sculpture. It seems that something violent happened to this bus stop, but actually the broken glass shows more something precious. The situation is turned – the attention is grabbed from the aesthetic, not from the act of destruction. The intention was to provoke some emotion or empathy.”

http://www.baptistedebombourg.com/en/works/crystal-palace-0

Workshop idea

Create intervention in existing bus shelters that respond to user research findings complaints.

Tactically intervene and improve the bus shelter:


"The project was an illustration of my belief that the city holds a vast amount of untapped ability. The structures, surfaces, objects and systems that underpin its daily operations have the potential to do more, to perform an alternate function, or assume an entirely new role in the mechanism of the city. Reprogramming The City explores a new paradigm of urban creativity and resourcefulness that treats the hardware of the city as a platform of opportunity, and infrastructure not as the end result of a previous creative process, but the beginning of a new one."

Scott Burnham http://scottburnham.com/work/



SpY’s interventions do not jump out at you, they wait until you come across them. They are not a monologue, but rather the result of a dialogue between the artist and the surroundings, between the passer by and the piece.”



Repurposing the city’s bus stops as light therapy stations. scott burnham

BUS STOP SYMBIOSIS http://www.designbuzz.com/bus-stop-symbiosis-an-interactive-seating-arrangement-for-the-waiting/




Temporary paint: people can input message on how to improve bus shelter. leave a plastic pen hanging??

Art in Transit: city of providence Rhode Island

Interesting proposal for inclusion of long term art interventions for bus shelters:
https://www.providenceri.com/efile/4558


Proposal call out here :http://www.providenceri.com/planning/transportation-corridors-to-livable-communities-0

Project results here: http://www.ripta.com/transart-

My favourite below

Proposal/ call out here: http://www.providenceri.com/planning/transportation-corridors-to-livablecommunities-0

Temporary shelter

Cocoon 

The design for “Cocoon” is one that is supposed to be a temporary relief shelter for those sticky situations where there may not be a whole lot of time to get out, but if you’ve got time to put together this quick fix; this could be a great solution for you.

Plywood Ice Skating shelter




Transpaarent Temporary shelter



Make shift shelter somalia 



Temporary shelter after Earthquake in West China




Temporary survival shelter








Rain biggest Factor in Ireland:  not wind proof but pretty

Tanzania waiting- makeshift

Workshop brain storm

Image: CIT bus Stop photograph by Martin

This image by Martin has captured my imagination. It is a bit like a blank canvas that we could play with with the student group.  If we supply a variety of materials that the students can play with for making there own DIY bus shelters. eg umbrella's , plastic sheeting, wooden poles, corrugated plastic, perspex, chairs. . . anything else sourced . . . they could make interventions in this space that we could then photograph. 

I am aware that the path is narrow here and that is probably why there is no permanent bus shelter  but I think it could be fun and playful to do this. The images would look great with the students eg holding up plastic sheeting or sitting in make shift spaces.