The Outsider Project, is a rehousing project that is aimed that Queer homeless community. The project was initally housed on an old tour bus that could 12 people. Since then the project was able to move into the vacant Clerkenwell Firestation in London.
There “shelter is for LGBTIQ+ people who have become homeless whilst living in London and either do not meet the criteria or feel unable to access existing services. We do not accept agency referrals, national or international self referrals or operate a waiting list.”
I think what is really interesting about this design is how loose everything is. The space is filled with temporary furniture and no changes have been made to the existing building. This creates a feeling that space is able to changed by the people in it. It is there to change, move and fill like a home would be. The aim of this design was to make people feel like there were at home within their community.
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