Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless
Jackie Lai
Social Design Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless by Jackie Lai Doonya is a modular shelter unit that combines a home and a small shop for people without housing. Each unit measures 6 metres by 3 metres, giving 18 square metres, and can be extended up to 40 square metres as a family grows. Built with tubular infrastructure technology, one unit can be assembled by four people in four hours using a single allen key. Each unit carries a unique GPS number, which provides an address and an identity. Further features include an alarm, a terrace, a roof garden, a solar panel and rainwater harvesting.
A' Design Award Winner
Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless by Jackie Lai is an esteemed winner of the A' Social Design Award. Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless earned the A' Design Award in 2022 and is showcased on Best Designs of the World among other remarkable designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Jackie Lai and see why Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless design rises above its competition.
About Doonya
Social Design Doonya Shop and Home for Homeless by Jackie Lai Doonya is a modular shelter unit that combines a home and a small shop for people without housing. Each unit measures 6 metres by 3 metres, giving 18 square metres, and can be extended up to 40 square metres as a family grows. Built with tubular infrastructure technology, one unit can be assembled by four people in four hours using a single allen key. Each unit carries a unique GPS number, which provides an address and an identity. Further features include an alarm, a terrace, a roof garden, a solar panel and rainwater harvesting. Doonya earned the A' Design Award at the Iron level, an esteemed recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Iron-level designs demonstrate sound ideas and professional design, and are selected by a grand jury, for publication among the award-winning works, after fair, ethical, meritocratic and independent academic review, where nominated works are voted via blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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