Wood Program 2010-2011: Liina Transitional Shelter
The Liina transitional shelter is a temporary building to be used in cold climates during crisis situations anywhere around the world. Designed and built entirely by the students of the Wood Program at Aalto University, Liina is made of mostly Finnish wood and wood-based materials, making it not only an elegant and dignified but also a sustainable solution to this global problem.
Liina was designed by the Wood Program at Aalto University. Student Design Team: Signe Aarset Loe (Norway), Miguel Castillo Lopez (Spain), Aleksandar Cherepnalkoski (Macedonia), Megan Groth (USA), Vladimir Ilic (Serbia), Rebecca Littman-Smith (USA), Marta Marcos Marono (Spain), Maria Mor Pera (Spain), Chaeham Oh (Korea), Bernardo Richter (Brazil), Einari Sutinen (Finland), Dmitry Troyanovsky (Australia)
Liina was designed by the Wood Program at Aalto University. Student Design Team: Signe Aarset Loe (Norway), Miguel Castillo Lopez (Spain), Aleksandar Cherepnalkoski (Macedonia), Megan Groth (USA), Vladimir Ilic (Serbia), Rebecca Littman-Smith (USA), Marta Marcos Marono (Spain), Maria Mor Pera (Spain), Chaeham Oh (Korea), Bernardo Richter (Brazil), Einari Sutinen (Finland), Dmitry Troyanovsky (Australia)
What is a Transitional Shelter?“ Transitional shelter provides a habitable covered living space and a secure, healthy living environment, with privacy and dignity, to those within it, during the period between a confl ict or natural disaster and the achievement of a durable shelter solution.” Corsellis & Vitale (2005)
Our Goal: To design and build a prototype of a wooden transitional shelter with the intent of improving peoples lives through good design.
Program Considerations and Requirements:
º Assembly: Built by 2 people in 1 day. Built only using simple, common tools (without electricity). Assembled using only a cartoon diagram.
Our Goal: To design and build a prototype of a wooden transitional shelter with the intent of improving peoples lives through good design.
Program Considerations and Requirements:
º Assembly: Built by 2 people in 1 day. Built only using simple, common tools (without electricity). Assembled using only a cartoon diagram.
º Fabrication: Easy to fabricate in any factory quickly Package able to be stored for up to 5 years
º Transportation: Each component carried by 2 people and/or 1 donkey. Each component fits standard shipping container.
º Design: Built on a variety of terrains, soil Withstand 300 N/M^2 snow loads. Hurricane class 3 winds (or 18 m/s). Fire Safety: 2 doors at opposite ends. For Cold Weather Climates. Use of sustainable materials (wood!) Dignified and elegant shelter.
º Building Life: Pieces able to be moved and reused, recycled, re-purposed. Occupied from 6 months to 5 years.
º Transportation: Each component carried by 2 people and/or 1 donkey. Each component fits standard shipping container.
º Design: Built on a variety of terrains, soil Withstand 300 N/M^2 snow loads. Hurricane class 3 winds (or 18 m/s). Fire Safety: 2 doors at opposite ends. For Cold Weather Climates. Use of sustainable materials (wood!) Dignified and elegant shelter.
º Building Life: Pieces able to be moved and reused, recycled, re-purposed. Occupied from 6 months to 5 years.
Liina was featured on multiple design websites, such as ArchDaily: http://www.archdaily.com/174909/liina-transitional-shelter-aalto-university-wood-program/
