EMERGENCY Shelters Project: Just days after Hurricane Katrina, the Emergency Shelter Special Projects Committee of BFI collaborated with World Shelters, on the installation of Fuller-inspired autonomous shelter units in Mississippi, to be used by staff of two destroyed fire stations. Mindful of Fuller's words that there can be "emergence through emergency" BFI's Board raised funds for two ready--to--deliver transitional structures of 750 square feet. The features of the autonomous units are particularly compelling as they will serve as tangible examples of what can be done--not only for the immediate recovery stage--but also for long-term shelter usage.
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