The natural disasters that have occurred during the last decade have shown the need for temporary emergency housing that could be quickly dispatched and placed. Foldable structures have shown optimal performance and great space utilization, lightweight and great mobility possibilities. But how to design a portable, foldable, lightweight, ultra-compact emergency shelter that can be easy shipped and assembled by unexperienced users? Foldable air supported structures can be a solution for emergency shelters, covering structural and habitability requirements for disaster victims.

The project defines a system for emergency housing; showing the process of an applied industrial design research for temporal housing in disaster-stricken areas.

In addition, a shelter design processes, market analysis, emergency recommendations and action plan for disaster zones, presented.

A Bio-mimicry (or bio-mimetic[i]) design Method presents some nature -inspired visions applied to R&D products for disaster relief.