Sejpal Harshil Shirishkumar

CT2012

Deployable shelter

When natural or man made catastrophic disasters hit, it can be difficult to find long term housing solutions for the victims of these events My target was to design a brilliant affordable shelter that can be rapidly deployed to provide a dignified, comfortable space that feels anything but temporary


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Result output from Staad analysis

A case study was done on a deployable bridge. Which helped us in understanding the mechanism of the deployment of the structures & aspects to be kept in mind while designing a structure. Model was to be made with accordance to the case study targeting the understanding of joinery, materials & cutting techniques.

making of model

An exercise was carried out in which we had to choose a deployable product used by us in our day to day life. the aim of the exercise was to understand the mechanism of the product followed by the model.

An exercise was done on paper folding through which we learned mathematical, architectural, and structural aspects of folded structures, which helped us to understand how paper folding techniques can be used as a medium to solve structural and aesthetic problems.