Convertible, Inflatable & Portable Homeless Shelters


	Convertible, Inflatable & Portable Homeless Shelters

Newfman

8-1-2007 2:15 PM

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8-1-2007 4:12 PM

ColoradoRight

And any solution implemented will end up being stolen sold for drugs.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/97ce3365-f8ea-41e4-8631-fa2c9e307041/0B354D39-386A-4054-9846-9057E43D11CD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/" href="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.weburbanist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/"><P>The image above depicts typical public urban furniture designed precisely to keep people from lying down on it. It is a lose-lose situation, forcing the homeless to seek shelter in unsafe places and keeping the public in the dark about issues of homeless dwelling.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/"><P><STRONG>Convertible:</STRONG> Fortunately, some artists and activists have found creative, clever and innovative ways to rethink these designs. One such designer, architect <A title="Sean Godsell" href="http://www.seangodsell.com/" linkindex="76">Sean Goodsell,</A> has developed a series of urban benches that convert into homeless shelters.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/"><P><STRONG>Inflatable:</STRONG> Another designer has proposed a series of inflatable dwellings that run on the waste air of buildings. The creator of ParaSITE, <A title="Michael Rakowitz" href="http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/" linkindex="78">Michael Rakowitz</A>, works on various projects designed to raise public awareness of various urban social issues.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/"><P><STRONG>Portable:</STRONG> Industrial, graphic and architectural designer <A title="Agustin Otegui" href="http://www.agustin-otegui.com/" sgywu="0" fq6lp="0" linkindex="80" set="yes">Agustin Otegui</A> has taken things a step further by designing mobile urban furniture for the homeless, doubling as shelter and storage.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/01/creative-urban-furniture-convertible-inflatable-portable-homeless-shelters/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.weburbanist.com/img/F897D230-A5B8-49FF-B5D5-DED3C8D38B5A" alt="Salvation Army Homeless Blankets" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0B354D39-386A-4054-9846-9057E43D11CD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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