"Here's the thing about PVC pipe that most of us forget. It can be cut with simple tools, and once softened with heat, it can be reshaped easily. Marx took this basic property and turned it into an entire assembly system for emergency housing. Instead of hunting down T-joints, elbows, and corner pieces, you just heat up the pipe itself and bend it into whatever shape you need."
"The whole concept came from Marx's work pursuing his Masters of Industrial Design at France's ENSCI, with a background in composite materials project management. But this isn't just a student exercise. CINTRE was developed in partnership with the French Red Cross, specifically aimed at crisis situations following natural disasters or conflicts, where sustainable reconstruction is delayed or impossible and shelter becomes an immediate necessity."
A modular emergency shelter assembly system uses heat to soften PVC pipe so it can be cut and bent into required shapes, eliminating the need for specialized connectors. Curved pipe sections are secured with cable ties functioning as flexible clamps, enabling rapid construction with simple tools. The system targets crisis situations where immediate shelter is required and reconstruction is delayed, relying on salvaged PVC commonly available at disaster sites. The approach emphasizes low-cost, robust, and easily deployable materials suitable for large-scale humanitarian operations.
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