Portable Shelter
Temporary and mobile structures designed for emergency response, displacement, and adaptive living situations.
Ardalan Shelter: Computational Form Finding for an Adaptive Kinetic Structure
A multi-objective design study integrating environmental data, evolutionary algorithms, kinetic systems, and responsive architecture
The Sheltering Centre: Adaptive Reuse Architecture for a New Future in Skid Row
Reimagining future parking through adaptive reuse architecture, The Sheltering Centre transforms urban infrastructure into a pathway to new life.
Mallol Builds a Cedar Ark on the Misty Slopes of Panama's Volcán Barú
A 220-square-meter timber pavilion in the Chiriquí highlands wraps around a boulder, a river, and the rituals of cloud forest life.
Casey Brown Architecture Refines the A-Frame Cabin to Its Essentials on an Australian Sheep Farm
Permanent Camping 3 drops two Corten-clad shelters onto rolling pastureland outside Orange, NSW, distilling rural living to its core.
Paulo Moreira Turns Recycled Steel Drums into Dignified Safety Shelters for South African Volunteers
In Stjwetla, a Johannesburg settlement plagued by crime, two 50 m² prototypes reframe the guard hut as civic architecture.
Dietsch Vilaça and Hauptstadt-Studio.Berlin Insert a Modular Pavilion into an Industrial Courtyard
A lightweight dining and gathering pavilion animates an igus factory courtyard in Cologne with yellow steel and striped canopies.
gru.a Wraps a 20-Square-Meter Fitness Shelter in Bamboo and Polycarbonate at Petrópolis
A barrel-vaulted canopy in the Brazilian highlands grafts new materials onto a eucalyptus soccer-field frame to create a place for exercise.
gru.a Builds a 70 m² Timber Shelter That Opens Like a Farm Door in Brazil's Valley of the Vines
In the mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro, a compact retreat uses plywood panels and deep eaves to blur the line between inside and out.
Pedro Moncayo Torres Builds a Primitive Hut from Stone and Reed Cane in Ecuador's Southern Highlands
A 175-square-meter farmstead retreat in Tarqui channels vernacular construction to sit quietly inside an endemic forest.
Francois Brugel and Atelier RITA Convert a Parisian Military Bakery into a 438-Bed Emergency Shelter
A former armed forces bakery on a decommissioned barracks site near the gates of Paris becomes a dignified refuge for nearly 450 people.
Pedro Moncayo Torres Revives the Primitive Hut on an Ecuadorian Farm for Under $100K
A 175-square-meter stone and timber refuge in Tarqui, Ecuador, channels vernacular building traditions to dissolve into its misty pastoral landscape.
LUO Studio's Shell Book Pavilion Opens and Closes Like a Clam on a Beijing Plaza
A 43-square-meter kinetic aluminum shell in Shunyi District transforms from sealed pod to open-air library in seconds.
