"The structure is intended to improve upon two current methods of providing emergency shelter: tents, which provide only poor protection, or prefabricated, portable buildings that are expensive and difficult to transport. Dubbed the Concrete Canvas, the shelter incorporates the best aspects of both forms. It is almost as easy to transport as a tent, but is as durable and secure as a portable building."
Aside from conjuring images of organic architectural forms (like Paolo Soleri's Arcosanti), this idea sounds like something that could be tweaked for colonies on the Moon and Mars. I predict that the first off-world colonies will indeed resemble the refugee camps mentioned in this article. And in fact, that's probably what they'll be . . .
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