Shelter Centre poster - Innovations fair

Author(s)
Shelter Centre
Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
18 Nov 2009
Publisher
Shelter Centre
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Innovation, Shelter and housing, Shelter

 Key Messages about Transitional Shelter
Like all successful innovations, Transitional Shelter combines;
Product: Process: Position: Paradigm:
A family shelter that will last for the duration of reconstruction, which can take 2 to 5 years. Incremental upgrading from plastic sheeting to local materials.
“Repositioning tents” as part of durable solutions; and as reloadable semi-permanent buildings. Recognising that reconstruction starts on Day 2, and not as a subsequent and sequential phase.