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5 Emergency shelters for critical situations

I only remember an earthquake that made me a little nervous. It is very difficult for me to calculate how long it should have lasted because although it sure was very little, it is one of those situations, like when you fall off a motorcycle, where everything happens very slowly. It had no consequences. When it comes to serious earthquakes in that period of time you must allow time to grow old.

What I cannot imagine is what it must be like to have lost everything after a great catastrophe. An earthquake, a tsunami, a landslide, and you keep what you wear if you can save your skin. In what little time everything can change. From what you had a moment ago, you don’t even have problems. Sometimes the transition is not so immediate and can be measured in hours. As in floods or hurricanes. Or days or weeks in the case of war refugees or ethical cleanups.

In all cases it will be necessary to rebuild, but in the meantime people need shelter, however minimal. In the best of cases for a short period, but unfortunately they are situations that sometimes take too long. It is curious that precisely to prevent this from happening, that a solution to get out of the way becomes permanent, it is not convenient that these emergency shelters are too sophisticated. So that everyone, from those who are going to live in them to the corresponding political authorities, see in them a provisional solution that must be put to an end as soon as possible. Difficult balance.

Here are 5 examples of emergency shelters that respond to different situations.

The solution that would first occur to anyone, and one of the most used, is the typical larger or smaller tent. And in fact it is one of the most used. The CMax System proposal for this type of emergency could be considered an evolution of the type, something halfway between a trailer and a store.

With capacity for 10 people, it is easily assembled between two, no prior knowledge is needed and in a very short time, about 11 minutes. Its floor is rigid and is isolated from the ground thanks to telescopic legs that also allow it to maintain horizontality, adapting to all kinds of irregularities.

When folded, it is easily stacked which favors its storage and transport. It is also reusable.

Concrete Canvas Shelter

A refugee camp must have spaces capable of accommodating uses other than those of a family. A hospital or infirmary, dining rooms, administrative work areas, communal spaces, etc. will be needed. The following solution is suitable for these types of requirements.

The Concrete Canvas Shelter are emergency shelters that basically consist of a somewhat special canvas to which we will only have to add air and water, and will provide us with a space of 25 or 50 m2 depending on the model. In addition, they can be coupled to each other to achieve larger compartmentalized surfaces.

The canvas is impregnated with cement and has a surface layer of pvc that will remain on the inside. Once the terrain is prepared, the canvas is unfolded, which is packed in a bag to facilitate its transport. By means of an electric fan that they provide, it is inflated, and then it is fixed by means of pieces that press its characteristic stiffening seams to the ground. Finally, it is watered by hydrating its surface until it is saturated. Any water works, even rain. 24 hours later the tarpaulin that remains behind the doors is cut and we will have the 100% operational shelter. The assembly lasts about an hour and is designed for two people to do.

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