Shelter Project

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A simple shelter from rain or precipitation of other sorts. It lacks a wall but this would be far far better than just sleeping under the stars.

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For some reason The thought of “shelter” brought to mind a cartoon box trap. I’ve always remembered leaving food or water inside as a lure and it would also give protection from all four directions.

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The simple shelter design we saw in class reminds me of that box trap again except that this offers a door.

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The one big difference with a trap is that it takes away one’s freedom but it does give asylum from the elements.

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A common collapsible canopy brought to camp sights or outdoors gatherings. Gives an almost placebo effect feeling of safety rather than a truly safe environment.

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I find these shelters funny as I did the first one because they are so so much better than tents or than just nothing but this has the appearance of not much protection from the wilderness.

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Shelter I suppose does not require any sort of permanent protection, just long enough..

I’m so afraid…

When I started I was only thinking about the box trap but now I’m caught up with the is the thought: what qualifies as shelter? Something permanent, something symbolic, something in some ways takes away that which one would have otherwise? So my question is to some degree how much things like simple pavilions which provide shade count as shelter as compared to something like the box trap which would provide notably more protection but steals away the freedom of its inhabitant.

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