Origamic Emergency Relief Shelter Designs

The beauty of these elegantly folded bamboo structures is far more than skin deep. Individual modules are configurable to accommodate different conditions and create a variety of spaces all without compromising their structural stability. Also, the structures are remarkably straightforward to transport in flat form and assemble on site and are simple to recycle as-needed because they are built out of easily grown organic material. With all of these sustainable and practical benefits one has to wonder if there aren’t even more uses for origamic structures than just as emergency shelters.

Superstar Sustainable Star City Design

From the look of the above images you might indeed believe MAD architects to be entirely insane. However, their star city design – while technically complex and aesthetically surreal – actually has a good deal to recommend itself. The small footprint and structurally strong geometry of these odd sub-cities make them more easily self-supporting. In short, they don’t tax the ‘host’ city or area where they are set up. The are supposedly entirely sustainable and equipped to operate as autonomous cities that interact only selectively with their environments.

Vegitecture Sustainable Community Design

What if architects thought of ‘green’ as a building material, an integral material to be thought of throughout the design process or even as the basis for it? This visionary community design wraps green into every layer, aspect and dimension of the design to the point where sustainability runs through the final project like an endless mobius strip, completely interwoven with the rest of the architecture on the site.

Taken From Weburbanist.com

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