Emergency Temporary Shelter
2010 · Steel frame, polyolefin envelope, polypropylene, polyamide and ABS plastic components, photovoltaics
223 5/8 × 130 11/16 × 111 7/16" (568 × 332 × 283 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture
No portrait
Better Shelter, Sweden
Artist
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
1
Works in Collection
2
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
50%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
No movements recorded
Related Artists
No edges recorded
Influence Graph
No influence edges encoded yet.
About
Why this artist matters now
Better Shelter is a Swedish design studio founded in 2010 that develops modular prefabricated shelter systems for displaced populations and emergency humanitarian contexts. The practice combines industrial design and engineering to create rapidly deployable housing units prioritizing dignity, durability, and ease of assembly without specialized tools or training. Its prototypes have been deployed in refugee camps and disaster zones across multiple continents, operating at the intersection of social welfare and material innovation.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 26d ago
Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
—
Medium
—
Related Artists
6 in graph
Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (1)
Related artists
Adjacent in the graph
Record
Movements and affiliations
No movements linked yet
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
Record
Exhibitions and timeline
No exhibitions or timeline entries yet