The photo project What Makes a Home shifts the focus from adversity and trauma to brief, intimate moments of joy, resilience, and creativity—moments where life can be about more than survival. To tell these stories, Better Shelter commissioned three photographers—Björn Wallander, Ci…
The photo project What Makes a Home shifts the focus from adversity and trauma to brief, intimate moments of joy, resilience, and creativity—moments where life can be about more than survival. For the past decade, Better Shelter has been active in…
On September 25th, the photo exhibition What Makes A Home will open at 9 West 8th Street in New York. The exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Consulate General of Sweden in New York and was created by, among…
STOCKHOLM, 16 SEPTEMBER 2024. Den 25 september öppnar fotoutställningen What Makes a Home i New York. Den framstående inredningsfotografen Björn Wallander, känd för sina skildringar av exklusiva hem i bland andra Architectural Digest, Elle Decor och Vogue, har besökt familjer…
Climate change and displacement are increasingly interconnected. As extreme weather events and environmental conditions worsen with global heating, they are creating conditions for further forced displacement. The need for temporary shelters is expected to grow dramatically, as will their performance…
More people than ever – over 117 million people worldwide – are forcibly displaced due to conflict and disasters. Every year, on June 20th, we commemorate World Refugee Day to remember and support the millions of people forced to leave…
Hej! In 2023, the need for temporary homes due to humanitarian emergencies was greater than ever. The year was characterised by two significant challenges: the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes and the conflict in Sudan. The earthquakes tragically claimed 55,000 lives and displaced…
We are developing a new shelter portfolio, which prioritises environmental sustainability in the following areas: Longer lifespan By designing shelters for temporary, short-term responses that can be extended, we can reduce the need for replacements if the crisis becomes protracted.…
We developed an improved version of the current shelter in 2023, which will be available in 2024. The new version incorporates improved indoor climate and environmental sustainability Better indoor climate The panels in our new shelter version have a white…
A Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) calculates the environmental impact of products or services throughout their lifecycle. In our case, the LCA follows a “cradle-to-gate” approach, measuring the shelter’s environmental footprint until it leaves the factory gate. We completed the first…
