rolling hill shelter

Entered into: The Community Prize

Overview

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the shelter is located in the Valley of a Thousand Hills in Kwazulu Natal South Africa.
the structure consisting of old car tyres bolted together at 16 degrees by means of a timber wedge forming a vault.
the tyre structure is then wrapped by a custom made canvas covering openable at the open ends of the vault.
the structure can either be mounted on a raft foundation or an extra two rows of tyres can be added and berried into the ground for founding the structure.

Location

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

Project posted by wernercloete

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The Community Prize

Name: The Community Prize
Host: Architecture for Humanity
Type: Public
Registration Deadline: August 23
Submission Deadline: August 23
Entry Fee: Free
Award: $500 plus Moleskine Folio
Status:

The competition entry ID for this project is 5540.

Project Details

NAME: rolling hill shelter
PROJECT LEAD:
LOCATION: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
START DATE: August 21, 2009
CURRENT PHASE: Design development
SIZE: 5 sq. m
PROJECT TYPE: Emergency Shelter

ARCHITECT: reMorphed cc.

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