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Assembling the cassettes under scaffolding
E.4

Maille-House.

My role
Interior fit-out, construction
SIA phases 32 · 52
2017

Prototype of a demountable emergency shelter, built in April 2017 with the Compagnons du Tour de France: LVL frame, cassettes filled with cellulose wadding, tensioned fabric. It housed a mother and her children.

LocationLocation
Location
Plaisance-du-Touch (31)
Programme
Emergency shelter, 9 m²
Setting
ENSA Toulouse · Compagnons du Tour de France
Role
Interior fit-out, construction
Year
2017
SIA 112 phasesFrance: Built prototype

Boxes and grid.

On 5 April 2017, cellulose wadding is blown by machine into plywood boxes laid flat, then each box is closed with a staple gun on trestles. By the end of the day, the structural grid stands on its platform and the boxes are slotted in one by one: the insulation is part of the prefabricated element, so the shelter can be taken down and rebuilt elsewhere without redoing anything.

Cellulose wadding blown into the boxes
Cellulose wadding blown into the boxes
Closing the boxes on trestles
Closing the boxes on trestles
The grid in place, a box ready to slot in
The grid in place, a box ready to slot in
Full portfolio (PDF, 39 pp., in French)