The Emergency Centre
An emergency centre begins operating while it is still being built, adapting its modules as priorities change.
ExoSett stories
Imagine this
These illustrative stories show applications of ExoSett’s adaptable building system in response to changing demand, new uses, disruption and occupants’ needs.
Each story begins with a practical situation and illustrates a response based on separating structure, accommodation, access and services.
Event accommodation
A temporary ExoSett building arrives for a festival, hosts dozens of people, and leaves the field almost exactly as it found it.
Roof systems
A specialist roofing firm adds adaptable weather protection, solar generation and long-term value to an emergency settlement.
Balcony facades
A building gains balconies, planting and character as sections of its facade are reconfigured over time.
Fire
How compartmentalised modules, protected escape routes and a resilient structural frame could help contain a localised fire and support rapid recovery.
Downsizing
A family home becomes smaller as the children leave, while the released space is rearranged to create a new home for another household.
Retirement Living
A retirement home adapts as its resident’s needs change, keeping him close to friends, familiar amenities and the wider community.
The old prison
A prison expands, contracts and finally disappears, while its pods and structural components continue their working lives elsewhere.
Adding floors
A council expands an occupied ExoSett housing building upward as demand grows.
Simple utilities
Accessible, standardised services turn disruptive building work into a straightforward installation job.
The evolving hotel
An ExoSett hotel can remain open while its rooms, capacity and accommodation mix evolve around it.
The First-Time Buyer
Dependable homes help a young man establish a small business, adapt to changing circumstances and eventually buy his first home.
Almost Home
Ready to leave hospital but unable to manage her stairs, Margaret finds a nearby NAS home while her own house is adapted.
The Resolver
A senior resolver handles the rare accommodation cases that a mature national service cannot settle routinely.