Homeless people need cheap shelters that are easy to set up and portable for their everyday life.

Problem

Brainstorming

Brainstorming was not much drawing but more building and testing different tent designs.

Design Criteria

Light weight

portable

easy to construct



able to fit an average human

Storyboard

Motion diagram

Precedent

Portable Folding Tents

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

1st folding tent

My first prototype was very simple and easy to fold and has a nice Geometric shape.

Not very light weight if made in full size and wouldn't be comfortable for the average human.

Pros

Cons

2nd Folding tent

My second prototype was bigger if made in bigger scale and has more of a tent look.

The folding process of this tent was less intuitive and would be to big to transport around in human scale.

3rd folding tent

More of a tent like design, also easiest to fold and more compacted.

Too big folded for a full scale version.

Pros

Cons

Final prototype

folds up the just enough to cary around easily and can house a person comfortably to sleep and chill.

I would have liked to make it waterproof and easier to fold.

Folding tent