Olivia Åhman

Components and furniture for the temporary home Better Shelter and manual providing possibilities for a personal and functional space during emergency and crisis situations.

This degree project is a collaboration with the organization Better Shelter, which offers temporary housing to people in crisis and emergency situations worldwide. The spatial context for the project is the accommodation’s 17,5 square meters.

By identifying interior needs in the room, the degree project attacks the lack of storage. The intention is to make it easier for the residents, with structure and order in their temporary housing, to create security and increase well-being for the individual.

With regard to the already existing materials and components of the home, designs are investigated that enable participation and an encouragement for the individual to independently create a home. The spatial context is not geographically site-specific, but in the project the design is applied to north-western Syria to demonstrate the potential connection with local and available resources.