Doonya Shop And Home For Homeless

Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless is an innovative modular shelter solution designed to address urban housing crises and provide dignified living spaces for displaced individuals and families. This groundbreaking social design project, developed in Singapore, represents a significant advancement in sustainable emergency housing solutions, combining living quarters with entrepreneurial opportunities through its unique shop-home concept. The design employs proprietary Tubelar® technology, enabling rapid assembly of an 18-square-meter unit within just four hours using minimal tools and a four-person team. Each unit incorporates sophisticated features including GPS-enabled addressing systems, security alarms for resident protection, private terraces, and environmentally conscious elements such as solar panels and rainwater harvesting systems. The structure's expandability allows growth up to 40 square meters to accommodate evolving family needs, while its modular nature facilitates quick disassembly and relocation, making it particularly valuable in disaster response scenarios. Distinguished by its innovative approach to social housing, this design earned recognition with an Iron A' Design Award in the Social Design category, acknowledging its contribution to humanitarian design solutions. The project addresses critical aspects of urban poverty by providing not just shelter, but also economic opportunities through integrated commercial spaces, effectively creating a sustainable pathway out of homelessness. Its design philosophy emphasizes dignity restoration through permanent addressing, environmental sustainability through green technology integration, and community building through its clustered deployment capability.

Author: Adam Dawson

Keywords: modular emergency shelter, sustainable housing solution, humanitarian design, urban poverty alleviation, social innovation, integrated living-workspace

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https://competition.adesignaward.com/139446

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