In-tents discussion: UCD students design new prototype for safe-camping site shelter.
CU Denver architecture students believe this new dwelling unit could be a game-changer for safe-camping sites.As Denver's first safe-camping sites opened in December 2020, offering services and shelter in rows of uniform fishing tents, Richard McSwain, agraduate architecture student, contacted Cole Chandler, who was heading up one site.
The new dwelling unit looks like an especially tall tent — except the skeleton of the unit is wood, and the plan is to wrap it in impermeable insulation material and then a layer of canvas. The canvas on the new model should last seven years, is highly water-resistant and should provide"way more efficient heating," according to McSwain."One of our big demands with how this has to perform, as we go from negative 20 to 120," notes McSwain. Besides being able to withstand a wide range of temperatures, the unit must be temporary; there are separate zoning regulations for more permanent dwelling units.
But two key challenges remain: Finding the funding to build dozens of these units, and also getting the green light from the City of Denver on the design specs. "We need to run the design past the city," Waletich says."We’re trying to navigate to make it as fast of a process as possible to get these things up and running for emergency use."
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