Seeing one
of the roles of first-world, democratic countries as humanitarian,
Sean Godsell
designed emergency and relief housing that utilize recycled
shipping containers. Mass-produced, inexpensive, and easy to
ship and stockpile, the containers are approximately 8 feet
wide by 8 feet high by 20 feet long, and adequate size for temporary
housing. The Future Shack, through its use of a prefabricated,
universal unit and a roof capable of site-specific material
manipulation, embodies the contradictions of contemporary life.
