Better Shelter

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Her Canberra: Timely exhibition explores the right to shelter

AFTER A WEEK THAT CATAPULTED THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEE CHILDREN INTO THE SPOTLIGHT, THE LATEST POP-UP EXHIBITION TO COME TO CANBERRA COULDN’T BE MORE TIMELY.

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ABC News: Refugee shelter set up inside Old Parliament House to promote children’s rights

A refugee shelter has sprung up inside King's Hall at Old Parliament House in Canberra to highlight a new approach to housing displaced people.Known as the Better Shelter, the structure is far sturdier than the tents commonly used for accommodation in large refugee camps.

Exhibitions

Floriade – Canberra, Australia

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SciDevNet: Refugee shelter redesigned

Imogen Mathers from SciDev.Net in conversation with Johan Karlsson, head of business development at Better Shelter: “Technical testing, pilot and…

Exhibitions, Lectures and panels

OX HIP – Oxford, UK

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Aftonbladet: Flyktingar får hem i platta paket

Under onsdagen var Kenneth G Forslund (S), ordförande i riksdagens utrikesutskott, och tittade på de nya husen. 30 000 exemplar…

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Ny Teknik: Här är svenska huset som kommer i platta paket

Miljoner människor bor i tältläger, ofta under många år. Men tälten går sönder, de går inte att låsa och med…

Exhibitions, RHU

The Telegraph: Design Miami/ Basel: André Balazs curates Design at Large

…a pale grey house with the simplicity of a child’s drawing. The last turned out to be by Better Shelter,…

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Disegno Daily: Ten years of Design Miami

Here, Jean Prouvé’s 1969 prefab filling station and the cave-like structure The Original Dwelling, made especially for the exhibition by Atelier van Lieshout, sits next to the flatpacked Better Shelter, a structure conceived for emergency situations and refugee camps, and the Volkswagen T2 camper van.