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Safehouses represent more than physical security—they are designed sanctuaries that offer psychological comfort and privacy. This topic examines how architects and designers create spaces that feel protected while remaining connected to their surroundings.

The community explores diverse approaches to refuge design, from timber retreats hidden in natural landscapes to courtyard homes wrapped in protective architectural gestures, as well as conceptual explorations of shelter, home, and sanctuary across different cultural and economic contexts.

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Tiborzoltán Dányi1 work

Dominika Meres1 work

Cody Chan1 work

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Igor

Camp Island

The project is a complex of dormitories with a public function for teenagers who have been left without housing. The idea of the project is to rehabilitate homeless students through socialization and creativity, but at the same time give them protection, a shelter for a normal life and study.

Dominika

safe house

"Safe house" is the shelter for homeless students in Jackson, Mississipi. The building provide space to live, grow and interact. Students can overcome their traumas about beeing homeless there and maintain mental well being. The main design idea was to blend the interior with the exterior. Project is based on natural material - wood and is full of greenery.

Tiborzoltán and 3 others

USB-C

Urban Shelter Bond-Campus

ahmed

My shelter/My Home

The project is part of the participation in the Safe House competition, the project we have proposed, is divided into two main parts, the shelter and the reception structure. The shelter as a space capable of urgently accommodating one or several people in an immediate need of housing and the reception structure which will group a diversity of activities.

Cody and 2 others

Magnet

‘Magnet’ is a homeless shelter for students to recall the feeling of belonging, and a space for students to develop their interpersonal skills in preparation for the outside world upon departing from the shelter. The shelter is seen as a magnet that attracts homeless students to stay, similar to how positive attracts the negative.

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UNI Editorial

publishedBlog4 months ago

MRTN Architects Hides a Timber Retreat in the Sand Dunes of Venus Bay

A curved, elevated holiday house on Australia's South Gippsland coast borrows its logic from the local bird hides that dot the peninsula.

Container House

Tiny House

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog5 months ago

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.

Refuge

Refugee Center

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog6 months ago

Alhumaidhi Architects Wraps a Kuwaiti Courtyard Home in Soft Arches and Cascading Green

Shell House in Abdullah al-Salem reimagines the traditional Kuwaiti courtyard dwelling through layered terraces, planted edges, and sculpted light.

Container House

Power Station

Hueishin Lin

publishedStory3 years ago

The Corridor of the City

This rehabilitation center is a place that provides a secure wonderland, offering adult orphans living, working, education, and having social interactions.

Community Center

Container City