Construction of a food distribution center in an environment having high humidity and increased risk of infection.
-Flexibility in size – distribution to between 250-5000 persons
-Enable a truck (3,5m width x 4m height) to enter for release of supplies
-Integrated storage to reduce movement of goods
-Built for good ventilation
To achieve a light weight and extremely strong building the food distribution center is constructed of glass fibre tubes in a space frame design. Besides high stiffness for their weight, glass fibre tubes have antibacteriell qualities - microbes have diffuculties growing on the surface. The system consists of both fixed and flexible length tubes. The telescopic poles allow for change in the height of the building for different needs and uneven ground. When modules are placed side by side the tenth cloth creates integrated water drain enabling good run away.
The tent cloth is made of sunreflecting and environmently friendly polyethylene. It´s water proof, has very high tensile strengh and is highly wear resistant. The sides are sloped to give aerodynamic properties which significantly reduces the loads on the structure in high winds.
To make construction easier all tubes and connectors are colour coded – no written instruction is needed. The roof structure is mounted on the ground and then raised by about ten people by hand on to the telescopic poles. The earth anchors connects the building firmly to the ground.
The weight of the whole structure is about 170 kg. It comes in four packs each 3 x 0,25 x 0.25m weighing 45 kg. Mounted one module shelters 72 m2 (200 m3).
When the relief effort is over the structure can be used on site as a meeting hall, warehouse, temporary school or be dismantled and reused by the organisation that erected it.