DESIGN IT SHELTER COMPETITION édition 2009

A l'occasion de son cinquantième anniversaire, (été 2009) le musée Guggenheim de new-york a organisé deux expositions sur Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward et apprentissage par la pratique, le Guggenheim et Google SketchUp a invité des designers et étudiants du monde entier à soumettre un abri n'importe dans le monde, en utilisant Google SketchUp et Google Terre.
L'abri ne peut être supérieure à 100 pieds carrés (9,3 mètres carrés), et ne doit pas être supérieure à plus de 12 pieds (3,6 mètres). L'abri doit offrir une protection contre les éléments climatique et permettre à de  une personne étudier ou de dormir et le sommeil. le branchent à l'eau et l'électricité n'est pas obligatoire.


Au cours de l'été, près de 600 participants de 68 pays différents ont concouru

Les gagnants du Prix du Public et  du jury ont été annoncés.


David Mares de Setúbal, au Portugal, lauréat du Prix du public pour la CBS - Abri bloc Cork,
David Eltang, originaire de Aarhus, au Danemark, lauréat du Prix du jury pour son design, SeaShelter! 

Wave Shelter
Jonathan  DowseFrom: Chapel Hill, United States
Shelter location: United States

This shelter is located on Shackleford Island on the North Carolina coast. It is designed to rest on the sand dunes to prevent erosion and to allow in a lot of indirect light. It uses shipping containers as a primary building material. Shipping containers are great sources of steel, which can be reused for framing, siding, or roofing, and the plywood flooring can be refinished and used for sheathing.

Skin
Designed by Robert WilsonFrom: Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Shelter location: United Kingdom

Skin is a shelter that adapts to its environment. The simple metal frame can be skinned with different materials to provide shelter in varying climates, keeping the user comfortable and protected. The shed skin is for use in forests, and the thicker white skin is used in harsh conditions such as the Antarctic.

BEFORE SUNSET (ECOHAB SHELTER)
Designed by Rodrigo MontoyaFrom: Bogota, Colombia
Shelter location: Colombia

This shelter is located in Tayrona Eco-Park on the North Caribbean coast of Colombia. It’s designed on rock terrain, near the beach, to exploit the best view of the ocean. The unfinished mesh, made by teak wood, represents the human life with the dreams and desires not yet completed. The steel structure represents the strong values that we learn in life to challenge the present and future.

The Unfolding View Shelter
Designed by Chris ChinFrom: Kirkland, United States
Shelter location: United States

This simple shelter is defined by a pair of hinged wood slat panels. These ‘walls’ unfold to form a structural fr amework to which cellular polycarbonate panels can be attached, providing enclosure, and the ‘open’ ends allow unmitigated views to the Pacific Ocean. Although this shelter is shown located on the Oregon Coast, it’s compact prefab construction allows it to be quickly placed anywhere with minimal impact on the environment.

CBS – Cork Block Shelter
Designed by David MaresFrom: Setúbal, Portugal
Shelter location: Portugal

CBS is located at Vale dos Barris. It was designed to be an ecological and living block. In a microclimate that ranges from the dry heat to damp cold, the application of cork is a good way of thermally isolating the shelter and also providing acoustic insulation for study/sleep. The dynamic facade gives visual interaction when in living-studying mode; in rest-sleep mode it closes to provide privacy for its occupant.

Lagoa Azul Shelter: Between Water and Sky
Designed by David Huang
From: Boston, United States
Shelter location: Brazil

Lencois Maranhenses is a vast desert that is transformed into hundreds of turquoise lagoons during the rainy season. Made primarily from native wood, the shelter is anchored in a lagoon on galvanized steel piers and shaded by a fabric roof, which channels the heavy rainfall into a wooden storage tank for drinking and washing. The shelter’s deck and walls float independently of the piers, registering the seasonally changing water level.