The Emergency Centre
An emergency centre begins operating while it is still being built, adapting its cassettes as priorities change.
ExoSett stories
What becomes possible when buildings can change?
ExoSett stories explore how adaptable buildings could respond to changing demand, new uses, disruption and the needs of their occupants.
Each story begins with a practical situation and examines how the separation of structure, accommodation, access and services might create a different response.
Event accommodation
A temporary ExoSett building arrives for a festival, hosts hundreds 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 cassettes, 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 cassettes 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.