Video: IKEA Foundation Design a Shelter for Refugees

To mark the occasion of World Refugee Day on June 20th, the IKEA Foundation announced an important new collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Refugee Housing Unit to design a new type of shelter which will replace the outdated tents currently in use in refugee camps worldwide.

As you'd expect from IKEA, the result is a flat-packed, modular design (ideal for cheaply transporting to refugee camps) that can be assembled in 4 hours. Though it is expected to cost about twice as much, it will last much longer than the tents, which must be replaced roughly every six months - a particularly important improvement, as the average family stays in a refugee camp for 12 years.

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Cite: Rory Stott. "Video: IKEA Foundation Design a Shelter for Refugees" 04 Jul 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/396686/video-ikea-foundation-design-a-shelter-for-refugees> ISSN 0719-8884

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