Across the globe, industries are doing the best they can to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic that is affecting millions of people daily. The architecture and design industry has stepped into action by providing aid and continuous assistant through the PPE fabrication and collaboration with other medical and health institutions.
As numbers of coronavirus patients increase, the need for medical space to assist these patients has decreased. In places like China, Italy, the U.S. and Germany, temporary medical facilities have been constructed. However, one company aims to help mitigate the issue and provide spaces where healthcare workers can rest and patients can recover. Co-founders Jeff Wilson and Cameron Blizzard have teamed together with a group of healthcare professionals, industrial design specialists, architects, and engineers to create another way to help the COVID-19's growing housing and treatment issue.
According to the company's site, "COVID-19 is a global crisis. It's on the move. So are we." JUPE's initiatives are to provide portable units where healthcare workers rest and the patients recover. Broken down into three types of shelter units: JUPE REST, JUPE CARE, and JUPE PLUS the company is producing a fast and effective way to provide aid during this time.
"JUPE HEALTH, a rapid-deployment recovery space designed for comfort, care and wellness. The units are highly scalable, cost-effective, and easily transportable. JUPE HEALTH aims to be an immediate response for emergency bedding solutions, equipped with technology and amenities to support containment efforts in hospitals and clinics."
Inspired by manufacturing technology used by the automobile industry, the team at JUPE has created a patent-pending IoT, network-ready treatment space.
these are very cool
The books, "design like you give a damn" contains 2 volumes of very cool ideas for shelters and toilets and other things to be used in a disaster setting. They are all awesome. Also, mostly not used.
I've been to a few disaster zones, all in asia, including of course the tsunami that wiped out 120,000 houses in japan. Following the aftermath there, and in Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, etc the thing that I have mostly noticed and been saddened by is how hard it is to get anything like good housing, even of the temporary sort, to be built.
One of our students at Keio University made some inroads with making showers that reduced the likelihood of rape (a common problem) in refugee camps. The main thing to overcome is not technical. Its the inertia to do pretty much nothing at all and instead simply muddle through for as long as possible. There must be a psychological reason for this, problem even has a name.
If this has any chance of working it would be in the USA where at least there is a working government in place. And yet...it seems unlikely on the face of it, just as a thing on its own. Unless they have government backing. In which case, well done. I hope this prototype gets tested and improved, and makes a difference in the field.
Also hope they keep it open-ended and publish lessons learned, so everyone can take on the lessons, even when they are embarrassing for being stupid. This kind of disaster is no longer once in a lifetime. We are entering a period of profound change and need more and more projects like this...at the very least.
I wish designers would stop creating this shit! Or talk to the army corp of engineers first, or provide anomous and open source plans online and if the idea shifts the paradigm, good for the world!
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These are the projects changing the face of architecture towards a newer, lighter and portable world.
This wins simply because it's not based on shipping containers.
From the team behind Kasita. They seem to have at least built a network of collaborators and advisers including medical professionals.
Is Cameron Sinclair involved in this? I wouldn't be surprised.
See https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6651983336162111489/
I'm deeply skeptical of this. Where's Derek Zoolander? Seriously though, anytime there's a VC type involved, you can bet your ass on two things; these don't exist, except in rendering firm, and someone else is getting fleeced, while others are making bank.
these are very cool
The books, "design like you give a damn" contains 2 volumes of very cool ideas for shelters and toilets and other things to be used in a disaster setting. They are all awesome. Also, mostly not used.
I've been to a few disaster zones, all in asia, including of course the tsunami that wiped out 120,000 houses in japan. Following the aftermath there, and in Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, etc the thing that I have mostly noticed and been saddened by is how hard it is to get anything like good housing, even of the temporary sort, to be built.
One of our students at Keio University made some inroads with making showers that reduced the likelihood of rape (a common problem) in refugee camps. The main thing to overcome is not technical. Its the inertia to do pretty much nothing at all and instead simply muddle through for as long as possible. There must be a psychological reason for this, problem even has a name.
If this has any chance of working it would be in the USA where at least there is a working government in place. And yet...it seems unlikely on the face of it, just as a thing on its own. Unless they have government backing. In which case, well done. I hope this prototype gets tested and improved, and makes a difference in the field.
Also hope they keep it open-ended and publish lessons learned, so everyone can take on the lessons, even when they are embarrassing for being stupid. This kind of disaster is no longer once in a lifetime. We are entering a period of profound change and need more and more projects like this...at the very least.
I agree. My problem with this "concept" is that it's a concept waiting for funding, to provide proof of concept. It's a model for the next pandemic/refugee/climate crisis. As far as I can tell, none of these actually exist. For this to be helpful now, I mean the production mobilization, the funding/factory/fabrication/people needed to exist last April. This is false hope, and they should be honest about that; the fundamental truth is this is a pipe dream at best, a dishonest money grab at worst. If it's the latter, and they get funding and fail to produce, then all involved should be held to account.
I agree b3ta. I didnt want to assume they didnt have stock and/or capacity, though it sure does look like it will never be real based on what they are showing so far. Even so, it is a good thing that someone is thinking about it. FEMA is certainly not equipped to do this work. Most governments aren't. Because neo-liberalism is stoopid. And fuck poor people. Also sick people (especially if they are poor).
I agree with Beta. While the architects/designers offer big ideas the Army Corps. of Engineers is delivering.
I'll believe this, when they drop 1000 units off at Yankee Stadium, or Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Right now, I am being measured in my criticism. If this starts to get wings, I'll be less.
your measurements sir are better than the bullshitters measurements. save some people you weak f*cks.
I wish designers would stop creating this shit! Or talk to the army corp of engineers first, or provide anomous and open source plans online and if the idea shifts the paradigm, good for the world!
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I knew this was horseshit.
Grifters. Fuck 'em.
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Exactly.
I was also thinking about their attempt to Sheppard Fairey the fuck out of these things. Now that we're not forced to pay for these pos, they've moved on to fucking the rich. I guess I should be happy, but I'm just annoyed.
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