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The world has recently witnessed a number of natural disasters that has deprived people of shelter for long periods of time.

Tropical Cyclone:

Effects: Tropical cyclones out at sea cause large waves, heavy rain, and high winds, disrupting international shipping and, at times, causing shipwrecks. On land, strong winds can damage or destroy vehicles, buildings, bridges, and other outside objects, turning loose debris into deadly flying projectiles. The storm surge, or the increase in sea level due to the cyclone, is typically the worst effect from land falling tropical cyclones, historically resulting in 90% of tropical cyclone deaths.

Locations: Tropics

Earthquake:

Effects: Shaking and ground rupture are the main effects created by earthquakes, principally resulting in more or less severe damage to buildings and other rigid structures. Earthquakes can also cause landslides, avalanches, fires, tsunamis and floods. This can lead on to water contamination, reduced or no communications and unstable environment. Especially with tsunamis the landscape can be completely unrecognizable due to the destruction caused by the wave.

Locations: Plate boundaries.

Floods:

Effects: Physical damage – Can damage any type of structure, including bridges, cars, buildings, sewerage systems, roadways, and canals. Water supplies – Contamination of water. Clean drinking water becomes scarce. Diseases – Unhygienic conditions. Spread of water-borne diseases. Crops and food supplies – Shortage of food crops can be caused due to loss of entire harvest. However, lowlands near rivers depend upon river silt deposited by floods in order to add nutrients to the local soil. Trees – Non-tolerant species can die from suffocation. Transport - Transport links destroyed, so hard to get emergency aid to those who need it.

Locations: Areas near water or low lands.

Design an easily transported, erected, and insulated shelter system that could support a family, and provide temporary living accommodation to be deployed in a potential disaster zone.

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Design Task

The sleeping system that I have designed is space efficient as well as multifunctional. The whole sleeping system will be incorporated into one of the walls of the shelter. The sleeping system has the ability to fold away for storage or just to create space to do certain tasks. When unfolded the sleeping system can be used similarly to bunk beds to optimise space so that more people can be provide with place to sleep comfortably. When unfolded and not used for its primary purpose, sleeping, the sleeping system can used as a work surface proving the mattress is covered. The whole system operates around a simple hinge which allows the product to folded away or opened out for use. The design is very simplistic and would take little effort to manufacture or create.

SLEEPING SYSTEM

Mattress would fit in here

Unfolded

Sleep system folded away

Bed Hinge

Wall Hinge

Axle

Assessment Criteria:

COVER WORK DESIGN TASKS

GRADE A

GRADE B

GRADE C

You have produced a wide range of drawings that are original, imaginative and innovative by using designing outside the box (divergent thinking) & other techniques

You have developed your ideas further by using ongoing research

You have added your own details to fully complete the drawing and extended upon the task using a variety of styles and techniques.

Your work is fully complete.

An excellent finished drawing that shows skill and detail.

Your developments are shown through a variety of methods

Sketches
Accurate drawings
CAD

You have produced a range of drawings that are original, imaginative and innovative.

You have developed your ideas further by using some ongoing research

You have added your own details to fully complete the drawing and extended upon some of the task using a variety of styles and techniques.

Your work is complete.

An good finished drawing that shows skill and detail.

Your developments are shown through a variety of methods

Sketches
Accurate drawings

You have produced some drawings that are original, imaginative and innovative.

You have developed your ideas further.

You have added your own details to complete the drawing.

Your work is mostly complete.

A finished drawing that shows some skill and detail.

Your developments are shown through a variety of sketches

Starter Activity:

Research the types of natural disasters that happened over the last 20 years and the impact they have after they have happened such as infrastructure damage etc, and how this effects communities.

Lesson Objectives:

You should be able to use your knowledge and research to independently design a range of ideas that meet the brief.

You should be able to annotate and sketch the key features of your designs giving indications of how you intend to manufacture your product.

You should be able to use your analysis to develop your initial ideas into suitable final prototypes and if time allows model it using card and CAD (Computer Aided Design).

Extension Task:

Design an emergency shelter pod that attaches itself to other buildings or structures like a mosquito. Research parasitic buildings for inspiration.