Projects
Homeless sleeping pod
I wanted to make an inexpensive sleeping pod that a church or homeless advocate organization could install outside for wintertime use. Some homeless prefer living outside rather than sleeping around nefarious strangers or dealing with the rules some religious backed shelters impose. I started with two 40″ by 48″ pallets. I used the boards from…
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Homeless push cart
Several years ago the website Design Boom reached out to designers around the world to come up with the ultimate homeless pushcart. The common grocery cart is great for toting stuff around, but it lacks, amongst other things, a place to sleep. Some of the designers made great computer renderings while others made nice models. Only a…
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Homeless Emergency Shelter
For PDF plans, click here! I was wondering what space could be made by arcing a sheet of fluted plastic lengthwise. After a few drawings this is what I came up with. It’s made using 4 sheets of 4mm fluted plastic. I purchase my material at a plastics supply store which has the sheets in…
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Burningman foam board Teepee
For PDF plans, click here! This is a 4 sheet 1-1/2″ thick rapid deployment shelter I made for sleeping quarters at Burningman. It worked out great. Sometimes you didn’t’ know it was windy outside until you open the door! Many thanks to the unknown neighbor who was kind enough to striking a pose! It had…
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Coro Teepee
For PDF plans, click here! After making a shelter of similar design for Burningman using foil backed foam board insulation, I wanted to make one using fluted plastic, or Corrugated plastic. I call this the Coro Teepee. For the most part the Teepee is made using 4 sheets of 4mm fluted plastic and Gorilla…
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