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Arte Útil archive nr:
228
Initiator:
Lucy Orta
Location:
United Kingdom
Category:
economy, social
Users:
Lucy Orta
Maintained by:
Lucy Orta
Certification:
prototype
Duration:
1992 - 2007
Lucy Orta
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Refugee wear
Description:
Refugee Wear is a project that consists of a series of temporary shelters that can transform itself into items as clothing and transport bags. Habitat, for example, is a prototype that looks like a mountain retreat, which provides a comfortable place to rest. The artist has developed the series Refugee Wear in collaboration with some homeless people whose paths she had followed over a number of years.
Goals:
This project had as its goal to provide a vital refuge, temporary protection, water reserves and medical supplies in many critical cases of homeless people (Kurd refugee population) or a temporary protection and shelter in case of natural disasters such as the Kobe earthquake.
Beneficial Outcomes:
These prototypes offer possible solutions to improve homeless people’s lives and providing temporary protection and shelter in case of natural disasters.