Accordion Tent : Emergency Shelter For Natural Disaster Victims

Based on its name, we believe you’re probably can guess how Accordion Tent is used. The design was inspired by the musical instrument which takes up so little space when fully compressed, but it becomes large when you expand it. Therefore, this compact and smart Accordion Tent design is very efficient to be transported for fast accommodation after natural disasters. As you know, after natural disaster there are many people become homeless, it’s very crucial to provide sturdy temporary shelters that can handle complex structures and these shelters are needed quickly.

Designers : Ye Haoyu, Shen Yiqing and Zhang Hao

Accordion Tent by Ye Haoyu, Shen Yiqing and Zhang Hao

Accordion Tent by Ye Haoyu, Shen Yiqing and Zhang Hao


To fully expand Accordion Tent, all we need to do is simply grab the side rails and pull them apart. As one of Red Dot design submissions, this innovative and instant installation provides rapid accommodation after a disaster struck. Due to its compact size, it is possible to transport this tent by helicopter, road or rail. Not only as temporary shelter, Accordion Tent can also be used as a temporary hospital, school or even rescue headquarters.

Accordion Tent by Ye Haoyu, Shen Yiqing and Zhang Hao

Accordion Tent by Ye Haoyu, Shen Yiqing and Zhang Hao



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9 thoughts on “Accordion Tent : Emergency Shelter For Natural Disaster Victims

  1. While nice and fancy.
    You can pack and ship 10 times the amount of 'soft' tents in the amount of space taken up by the rigid ends of this concept.

  2. but then their not as easy to deploy. This is about getting them up fast and efficiently, not volume, how is a thousand soft tents that injured people have to assemble themselves going to help anybody? Think it through.

  3. Injured people aren't gonna feel comfortable assembling *any* tent.
    However this concept seems faster and easier to deploy than quechua's plague and being square makes it modular.

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