CASULO,
MOBILE HYBRID UNIT

What makes us belong to a city, feel at home, be happy? In order to improve the living conditions of the homeless and respond to a temporary situation, a mobile shelter is proposed, where they can stay overnight and transport things. The cocoon idea emerges as protection and metamorphic space of transition to a better situation. Casulo is a mobile hybrid unit, built with reused parts and materials, namely a shopping cart, a wooden base articulated with metal supports, and a canvas structured with rods from old umbrellas that become a shelter.

Design/ construction

Duarte Rato, Arch.

Client

PopUp Festival  

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Location

Lisbon

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Year

2010