Housing Systems for the Unsheltered Homeless
READ: A New Strategy to End Living-on-the-Street Homelessness
6 Step Journey from Homelessness
Urban-Camp systems offer security, shelter, heat, clean water, and toilet in a personal-control environment for individuals and small families. It’s the first step in helping people gain control of their lives and fight back against economic, mental health, or addiction challenges.
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An Architecture for the Homeless
The Urban Camp living environment addresses the homeless persons needs beyond simple shelter. It is designed to foster human interaction, belonging, and small community support. It does this by conforming to a set human focused architectural principles.
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Solutions to Fire Safety Dangers in Homeless Camps
Ultra-Low Cost Housing
Urban Camp is designed as ultra-low cost housing to help communities fund development solutions for the homeless. The housing units are damage resistant and secure units to be open to the street fostering individual autonomy.
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How to Start an Urban Camp Solution
Urban-Camp Solutions are created through a Request for Proposal process. A Sponsoring Agency identifies a need, obtains financing, and issues RFPs to Local Homeless Service Organizations to implement the Urban Camp solution.
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Design Guide for Urban Camp Home
Whitepaper UC110: Design for Urban Camp Homes
Urban Camp targets people living on the street, often in tent camps. The design is for a living space that helps these people transition to better lives.
The Tent Camp Alternative
We study patterns in urban encampments and locate systems nearby to existing tent camps to offer an attractive alternative to street living. Destruction or displacement of urban tent camps has failed as a solution.
A Solution Easy to Be Legal
Urban Camp system are designed for installation on leased property from private and public sponsors. System are lightweight to install on existing sites without foundations – within the dimensions of a standard parking space.