Shelter Design Catalogue
UNHCR
Guideline, English, 68 pages
Summary
Shelter is contextual and there exists no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution which can be applied worldwide. Whilst emergency phase responses often involve the provision of tents or emergency shelter, it is essential to ensure that shelter assistance programmes can evolve toward more durable and sustainable solutions maximizing, wherever possible, the use of local material, skills and building techniques. To support this evolution, within the framework of UNHCR’s Global Strategy for Settlement and Shelter (2014-18), the Shelter and Settlement Section (SSS) has developed the Shelter Design Catalogue, collecting a number of shelter designs developed across a variety of locations, contexts and climates. While the collection of designs presented is by no means exhaustive, the publication aims to assist sector specialists in implementing a phased shelter response through more predictable planning and implementation.
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Construction | Shelter