May 4, 2015
The Mobile Factory has been asked to participate in a reconstruction plan for Nepal by The Red Cross, supported by EU SpeedKits Program. We really hope that we can help with the reconstruction activities, relieve the inhabitants and transform debris on location. For...
Apr 28, 2015
Open fire cooking is causing a lot of health and other problems in Haiti and other third world countries. In 2012 WorldWide over 4.3 million people died of cook smoke inhalation by open fire and dirty fuels. Mostly women and children are affected. It also causes a...
Jan 13, 2015
Campus Port of Amsterdam Demountable T-shelters (temporary housing) The Mobile Factory is starting a demonstration project in 2012 on the grounds of the Port of Amsterdam involving the construction of ‘T-shelters’. These temporary housing units are constructed...
Jan 13, 2015
Integrating emergency relief and reconstruction Wherever in the world disaster strikes, emergency relief and reconstruction take place as two separate processes. Experience has taught that it often takes far too long before the one phase moves into the next. Two good...
Jan 13, 2015
Debris removal and construction by victims On the edge of Port-au-Prince, near the national airport you can find Petit Paradis. This is a piece of 6,000m2 of land, where a community of 30 Haitian families will be living this year. The special thing about this project...