Newsletter #4 – September 2009
September news update from the Emergency Housing project at Formens Hus in Hällefors.
Contents
Workshop Programme – Six Ways To Die, September 21-25
Publication – The Emergency Housing Project Catalogue June 2006
Join us @ Tokyo Design Week 2009
Emergencyhousing @ Tokyo Design Week 2009
First prototype review – Hard Shell tent in Solid Board
Sponsorship opportunities
Questions and contact
Six Ways to Die – Workshop in Hällefors September 21-25
See full programme for the September workshop Six Ways To Die here.
Six ways to die is a an introductory workshop to the Emergency Housing Project and sustainable design in humanitarian relief operations. The workshop takes of with a 24 hour residency in a temporary camp set up in the forests outside Hällefors. On site participants will experience life in a temporary camp and get introduced to the standard equipment used in used in disaster relief operations.
Taking off from the camp experience participants will work in parallel breakout-groups to identify identify areas of innovation and derive ideas for new solutions. The workshop includes lectures and tutoring by rescue workers from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, shelter designer/engineer Vinay Gupta, visiting professors and Formens Hus staff.
Publication – The Emergency Housing Project Catalogue June 2009
The Emergency Housing first publication including essays by Rossana Mercado Rojas and Vinay Gupta and a design directory of all projects from the Spring semester is published and available for download at: http://www.emergencyhousing.se/library/publications/the-emergency-housing-project-catalogue-june-2009/ . Please contact us to order a printed copy.
Join us @ Tokyo Design Week 2009
The Emergency Housing project have been invited by Svensk Form to participate in the Sustainable Design Summit at the Swedish Embassy Tokyo during the Tokyo design week in October 2009. At the summit we will present the results and ongoing projects within the Emergency Housing Project. We have two open seats for students/faculty involved in the project to join our presentation at the seminar. Through our collaboration with Svensk Form and Swedish Style we can offer discounted flights/residency. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are interested to join us in Tokyo.
First prototype review – Hard shelled tent in Solid Board
The Chalmers university team lead by Örjan Söderberg and papercompany Smurfit Kappa Lagamill have jointly developed a prototype of a hard shelled tent meeting the Shelter Centre Standards. In September the prototype is to be tested and evaluated by Formens Hus and The Swedish Civil Contingency Agency before being developed further by students from KTH – Royal Institute of Technology.
For more information on the Solid Board visit Smurfit Kappa Lagamill´s website.
Sponsorship opportunities
The Emergency Housing Project and Formens Hus provide sponsorship opportunities for companies and organisations to mark their presence and engagement in a sustainable humanitarian design project. We offer visibility in the project web site and publications as well as up-coming exhibitions. Please see http://www.emergencyhousing.se/about/sponsorship-opportunities/
Questions and contact
Johan Karlsson
Project Manager
The emergency housing project
Formens Hus, Hällefors
mail (new!): johan.karlsson(at)formenshus(dot)se
web: www.emergencyhousing.se
phone: +46 70 323 66 67