Process for providing emergency housing for a plurality of displaced people

摘要

A process for providing emergency housing for a plurality of displaced people at a geographic location, said process including the steps of estimating the number of displaced people; determining a suitable combination of facilities to accommodate the displaced people; and transporting said facilities to said geographical location, wherein said suitable combination varies in accordance with the number of displaced people.

主权项

1. A dwelling for emergency housing for displaced people, including:
(a) a base structure; (b) a plurality of walls coupled to the base structure having “L” shaped extrusions coupled to the walls; (c) a roof structure coupled to the walls, the roof structure including a plurality of roof panels coupled to a ridge beam, wherein the roof panels comprise a roof slide shaped to mate with a roof slide pivot coupled to and extending from an apex of a respective one of the “L” shaped extrusions, wherein the roof slide pivot is configured to mate with a respective roof slide at a position remote from the apex so that the roof slide pivot is arranged to translate and rotate along and about the roof slide when a pitch of the roof structure moves through a range of movement; and (d) one or more jacks seated in the roof structure, coupled between the ridge beam and the walls, and operable to selectively raise and lower the ridge beam so as to change a pitch of the roof structure of the constructed dwelling to accommodate changes in the environmental conditions, wherein the roof panels are rotatably coupled to the ridge beam and slidably coupled to the walls so that the roof panels rotate with respect to the ridge beam and translate with respect to the walls in accordance with changes in pitch of the roof structure caused by the one or more jacks.