Instant Shelter

Salient Technical Features

Instant shelter which can be erected in 5 to 20 minutes are made up of triangular frames of pipes joined together with the help of special joints to form a component that can be folded as one triangular bundle. For such components having total of 16 triangles provide an octagonal room of size 4.41m x 4.41m. The cladding may be made of any material like cloth, plywood, GI sheet, thatch, insulating covering etc. depending upon climate conditions and resources.

Application/Uses: Suitable for providing instant houses for relief and rehabilitation after natural disaster like earthquake, cyclone, flood etc.

Level/Scale of Development : Commercial scale

Status of Commercialization : Ready for transfer

Raw Mateials

Triangular frames made of steel pipes, special type of hings, cleats and nuts and bolts. Covering cloth or any other material for cladding.

Machinery/Equipment: Standard equipment required for mechanical engineering workshop

Contact for more information

Research Planning & Business Development
Central Building Research Institute,
Roorkee- 247 667 (India)