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- Carter Williamson Architects
- The Guthrie Project
GRID Education: A flexible, sustainable emergency shelter prototype designed for easy transport and assembly, featuring solar power and rainwater harvesting, suitable for various uses from holiday cabins to remote research laboratories.
As part of its STEM curriculum, Burwood Girls High School runs a Sustainable House program, which Carter Williamson has been involved in through tutoring and judging student designs. The GRID prototype is in situ at the school as a demonstration of sustainable house design on a micro scale.
An emergency shelter designed in response to global climate change-induced disasters that increasingly displace thousands at a time, GRID is a flexible module of space (37.5sqm) with a steel shell and plywood interior that are flat-packed for easy transport and on-site assembly. An elevated floor platform on corner leveling posts allows GRID to be adjusted to site contours, while the hatch-style steel windows and door make it a secure lock-and-leave housing solution. Solar power and rainwater harvesting are designed in along with a bathroom module. Uses could range from a holiday cabin or remote research laboratory to mining accommodation or a secondary dwelling (STCA).
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