Once inside the shelter, the material reflects your body heat to keep the user warm. If reversed the material will reflect the sun to keep a cool interior.
Provided it can provide adequate ventilation once inside, this form of temporary housing could be a real asset to communities hit with natural disasters or with other needs for emergency housing.
The Basic House was designed by Martin Azura, a Barcelona-based designer who works with minimal materials and seeks to use natural forms of energy or the environment to complete his work. The prototype for the house has been a part of collections at the Museum of Modern Art and the Vitra Design Museum.
