Lifeshelter
LifeShelter
Solution Overview & Benefits
Lifeshelter® is a simple, sustainable and well-insulated shelter for rehousing projects around the world.
The award-winning Family Shelter offers a safe and secure shelter resistant to all weather conditions and is complying with the UN standards for recommended minimum living area for a family of 5 people.
The Family Shelter is constructed with unique insulating panels that ensure an energy-efficient and healthy indoor environment in all climates. The sturdy construction, sound insulation, and lockable doors offer the families a feeling of safety and privacy.
Lifeshelter is a rehousing solution that will eliminate the use of tent-houses that are often discarded.
The concept inspires housing construction methods that are an alternative to typical corrugated iron-sheeted roof structures that are ubiquitous throughout slums. By integrating local materials such as clay or lime-stone, it is possible to plaster the shelter to have a more permanent and solid structure.
Features:
- Simple and easy to erect
- Cost effective
- Mobile and reusable
- Well-insulated
- Sturdy
- Adaptable design
History & Development
The development of Lifeshelter was initiated in 2011 by Architectural Engineer Jakob Christensen and Architect Claus Heding. During the first four years we developed, tested, and optimized the durable panel-based shelter solution, which became the Lifeshelter. The development phase was finalized in May 2016.
It soon became evident, that although the product was very well-received, the price of a Lifeshelter was higher than the price of a tent, and well above the target price of the market. Therefore a partnership with Danish Refugee Council was established to investigate the possibility of producing the shelters locally at a lower cost. Changes in both material compositions and production methods revealed a great potential for both local production opportunities and lowering the price.
Untill 2019 our primary focus was on humanitarian setting, but we are now supplying to a wider range of more commercial partners.
Availability
- Publicly available: yes
- Countries where available: Worldwide
- Price range (USD): contact provider
- Available online: yes
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