Comments on: Red+Housing / OBRA Architects

By: energysavinghouse

energysavinghouse — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:09:45 +0000

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By: Michele Jacob

Michele Jacob — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:44:49 +0000

Reading: "http://www.archdaily.com/27744/redhousing-obra-architects/"( http://twitthis.com/zwobrn )

By: liz

liz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:59:48 +0000

am i the only one that thinks the treatment of the intersection is a huge spatial loss? in perspective it’s the most constricting point. might it be simpler to treat the intersection as a void and let it become a celebrated, vaulted place for gathering?

and i don’t understand why how it looks from a plane matters… if they have the tents, hasn’t the disaster already been found/supplied with tents?

By: dashen

dashen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:22:29 +0000

Too expensive to be widely used.

By: mariovalverdealfaro

mariovalverdealfaro — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:34:47 +0000

Red Cross Housing
http://bit.ly/EHK34

By: juliana alves

juliana alves — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:16:25 +0000

idéia mais interessante do dia: http://bit.ly/EHK34

By: Sasha Wick

Sasha Wick — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:36:59 +0000

I find it hard to understand how this design is an improvement to a simple tent. In fact tents are lighter, quicker to erect, and more can be flown in at once. Yes, it’s more solid, yet it consists of a fabric roof, which can be very hot to be under in the mid day sun in the Middle East or Africa.

I believe a trick was missed here – the design could be considered more as bones for a new house (as well as an emergency shelter), where the occupants could follow a step by step process to turn the fabric roof into a more permanent one, for example. Or, a method of applying mud/clay onto the walls to help insulate it from heat. Most refugee camps often house people for a lot longer than originally intended and so a design that enables the people to make their accommodation less temporary will help them physically and physiologically.

By: t

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:42 +0000

White on the inside…..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. how many monkeys did it take to figure that out. Red is for love!

By: Maciej

Maciej — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:21:47 +0000

The furniture proposed looks ok, and may even be easily transportable….. but I don’t envy people who are supposed to use it- a typical folding furniture of steel/aluminium and fabric is much more comfortable and it’s mobility and durability is definately not matched by this design.

By: sirisha bysani

sirisha bysani — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:07:43 +0000

good one but as Lucas Gray said interiors can be done in white..

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:25:26 +0000

Kolohe, I think Christina was responding to the comment above……
Instead check out (guess you already have):

http://makeitrightnola.org/mir_SUB.php?section=homes&page=single&mySub=mvrdv

That made alot of people…………think

Personally think this project shown on this page is working quite well

By: kolohe

kolohe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:53:08 +0000

christina,
tell that to all those people in louisiana who are STILL living in makeshift trailer homes..

By: Ling

Ling — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:47:33 +0000

I think the colour red is to do with Chinese culture. Red is a lucky colour which can drive misfortune or evil spirits away since ancient times. So, living in a red tent meaning to fight disaster and bring in good luck.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_the_colour_red_lucky_for_China

I think it’s a good project but it will be better if it can be set up just by one or two people (there were more then 4 people setting up the house in the photo) and also the structure at the centre could be more open to create a nicel common place rather then just passage. It will be good to see the project evolves to a more mature form as it still looks preliminary to me.

By: Jonathan Fung

Jonathan Fung — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:01:56 +0000

Cool emergency housing concept. http://bit.ly/b07o3

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:25:35 +0000

I agree with the first part of the last comment, solid, but the SO WHAT in the later bit is just sad. No, they´re not going to live there for very long, hopefully, but they are going to live there the first time after their lifes have been turned upside down…. peace!!

By: NJ Thompson

NJ Thompson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:09:49 +0000

Red + Housing – new developments in emergency housing for disaster response: http://bit.ly/EHK34

By: JT

JT — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:21:41 +0000

I actually think this is simply a larger and more formal version of the popular dome tents. The article did mention transportability and ease of construction to be issues that this tent tried to deal with; and I can imagine both of them to be plausible with the curved lattice structure. (Imagine if all the components are pre-fabricated–all parts connected, etc–and flat-packed so that on site you only need to splay open the latices and the tent is ready.)

And you don’t need LEDs + solar energy to show the red cross during the day if the tent itself is already a red cross. So what if the interior is red-ish… It’s not like people are going to be living in it permanently. It’s better than the other tents they have to live in anyways.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:15:14 +0000

Of course living is the most important thing and this projects shows heart, but what I think they meant was not regarding the design looking cool or not but the way they “presented” it.
A blood coloured roof is not that nice of a reference even though the thought was good

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:46:57 +0000

I agree Lucas that it is a powerful symbol, but is it worth it? People after a disaster are in an incredibly fragil mindset. I know this because I have participated many times in disaster relief in Mexico. How would you feel if part of your family is missing and you are waiting for answers while living in this small, red, depressing tent? I just can’t justify the psychological impact. Maybe with a white canvas it would be better, although Dafin has a point as well, the roof structure is somewhat complex. Maybe the whole concept should be rethought.

By: Dafin

Dafin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:21:49 +0000

Function follows form or vice versa ?! Anyway,it looks bad, depressing as Dustin said, and i think that the form itself with all that curve structure elements, and roof etc it’s not the right one – to complicated with no reason..a ‘traditional’ tent with perhaps some leds+solar energy to show that red cross sign for day and night..