As we dug deeper into the needs of the homeless, we noticed that they lacked access to showers, laundry machines, sinks, soap, dish-washers, toothbrushes, toiletries, restrooms, transportation, coats, and healthcare.
While homeless shelters provide some of these items, they may not allow them to stay with their pets or spouses, gave them little independence and confidence, both which we have identified as some of the most important needs of a human being.
It was also an important thought to consider that in cases of natural disaster where nearly everything has been obliterated, no homeless shelters will exist to give those who have been made homeless access to any of these items.
While homeless shelters provide some of these items, they may not allow them to stay with their pets or spouses, gave them little independence and confidence, both which we have identified as some of the most important needs of a human being.
It was also an important thought to consider that in cases of natural disaster where nearly everything has been obliterated, no homeless shelters will exist to give those who have been made homeless access to any of these items.
In effort to improve the situation of those who have been impacted by natural or financial disaster, we began brainstorming what items we could create to help the homeless. While there were many non-physical needs of homeless, such as jobs and healthcare, there was no physical solution we could form to ease those needs using three-dimensional fabrication. We determined that the main physical issue for the homeless is that they do not have homes, and while in the long run, homeless people will need jobs and healthcare, a temporary solution to some of their problems would be a shelter.