Born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Robert Bridges is a carpenter, woodworker, and designer and an pioneer in the use of CNC tools in the construction industry. A strong need to help those in distress inspired the Shelter 2.0 project, to both supply housing to those in need and to encourage innovation in the production of emergency and transitional housing.
Bill Young, a boat carpenter for most of his life before discovering digital fabrication while manufacturing boat kits, now works for ShopBot Tools and helps with design and fabrication development for the Shelter2.0 project. He also works on 100kgarages.com to promote local manufacturing, one of the goals of the Shelter2.0 project.
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Where can we get plans for a shelter? Atleast plans for the bows. Thanks Tom
I want to talk to someone about mass production. I have questions on your relationships with NGO’s, shematics, and other general durability questions.
Do you have the drawings available in a AutoCAD DXF or DWG type file? This would allow the profiles to be transferable to many types of software that are used to output to CNC machines.
Thanks, Bill
Within the next week the files available in DXF. We have been offering them as ShopBot files because that is what we use and there are a few things that are done in the tool paths since it is actually 2.5D cutting. But we will include any additional information needed with the DXF downloads.
We will be making DXF files of the shelter parts available in the next week.
Robert,
Will the DXF files include the newer corrugated design?
Neal
Yes they will.
There is a minor typographical error on this page:
http://www.shelter20.com/what-is-shelter-2-0/
The word strengths is misspelled as strenghs.
P.S.: I’m enjoying reading about your project, and don’t mean to cast a negative light by suggesting a correction.
Hey guys,
It was great meeting you @ the MF2011. I love your cause and your design. One day soon I hope to make a Shelter 2.0. You guys are amazing!
Warm regards,
Ressie Fry
iTag Studios
Hi,
My name is Dan Rejto. I am organizing the workshops and tours for the 2011 A Better World by Design conference, an annual design conference on the campuses of Brown University and RISD that will take place from September 30th – October 2nd.
I would like to invite you to an event that we are trying to organize. It will be an outdoors exhibition of disaster relief housing (or models of housing) with the designers of the structures there to speak about the characteristics of the structure,as well as the process of designing, manufacturing/building and getting it to those in need. Please let me know if this is something that would interest you. I would love to discuss it further with you.
I look forward to hearing back!
Dan
Can you post a video for a walking through the shelter to show its stability? (With sound on of-course).
lol… this is a great idea!
We will try and get some more video pics and videos up soon, but if you check out this PBS News Hour clip you will see a bunch of kids working making LED Throwies in one at this years Bay are Maker Faire. The shelter segment is at about the 7:30. Shelter Clip
#1 thing I see missing is insulation. In NY this thing would never fly.
Same with New Mexico. Burning hot in summer, freezing cold on winter nights.
Even a FEMA trailer has insulation in the walls. Crappy as they are.
Wall ribs transmit heat to the outside in winter. Thermal break is needed.
I’ll look at the Sketchup file. I do like the beginnings of this concept though.
The wall ribs are 8″ thick so there is plenty of room for the occupant to add insulation in the walls as well as a thermal break on either the outside under the metal or inside. The idea is that this get’s someone started at the most affordable price possible and they can customize themselves.
We will check on that, thanks for letting us new.