Homeless residents of Brussels may soon have temporary protection from the chilly European weather, thanks to an entrepreneur’s simple solution.
Xavier Van den Stappen is being hailed for creating two dozen collapsible cardboard tents that have been distributed to rough sleepers in the Belgian city.
“Cardboards are light, they keep the heat, and if they don’t get wet, they are pretty resistant,” Van den Stappen told The New York Times last month. “The tents won’t last for months, and this is just an emergency response, but the concept itself can be sustainable.”
Van den Stappen says that he first started making the tents for his ORI-GAMI project because material tents are illegal to use on the streets of Brussels and city police have told local news sources that cardboard is more tolerable. While homeless people may have the option to stay at a shelter, facilities can quickly fill to capacity during the winter. Other individuals are…
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