Commonweal Pods: Temporary Accomodation - urbanNext, March 04, 2019. - 405 words.

expanding design practices, No Density, Politics and economics, Project, Reed Watts

Accessibility, Adaptive reuse, Community, Cultural agitator, Design strategies, Empowering society, Global Awareness, Inclusivity, Innovation, london, Modular Design, Prefabrication, Project, Research, Security, Shelter, Social Inclusion, Storage, Temporary housing, United Kingdom


Photography: Cameron Maynard


An innovative indoor sleeping pod for homeless people has been designed by architects Reed Watts. Launching at the 999 Club’s night shelter in Deptford (London), the 10 pods deliver private and secure temporary accommodation that can be assembled by hand and is available to everyone under the Creative Commons license.




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Architecture Temporary-accommodation Homeless London, United Kingdom United Kingdom UK