A shelter is too small to be a proper building and too localized to be a standard object, so it is usually of little interest to architects and designers. Many are designed for a specific location and function.


Warehouse no.47, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1

Generative Shelter Student Exhibition Series by Heriot Watt University

Hosted by Dr Harpreet Seth and Mr Shameel Muhammed, Architecture (EGIS) Programme

A shelter is too small to be a proper building and too localized to be a standard object, so it is usually of little interest to architects and designers. Many are designed for a specific location and function.

The aim of this project is to experiment with strategies that could improve and create innovative shelter “design” and inspire solutions to similar problems. The generative shelter is capable of adapting to any given precinct. The morphology of the shelter changes with the context, installer and the density. The complexity and the approach is addressed within the varying sensitivity and design capability of the designer, allowing for unique approaches to adaptive and sustainable shelter design to emerge.

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