Designing a viable refugee shelter is one thing, but having the necessary infrastructure in place to make huge numbers of the shelter affordably and transporting it to those in need is quite another. Which is why the news that Ikea has committed to deliver 10,000 units of its flatpack refugee shelter to UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) could potentially prove a big deal. .. Continue Reading Ikea's refugee shelters enter production, 10,000 units planned this year
Section: Architecture
Tags: Flatpack, IKEA, Shelter
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