Shelter

For other uses, see Shelter (disambiguation).

Fishermen's shelter houses on Barreta Island, Portugal

A shelter is an architectural structure or natural formation (or a combination of the two)[1] providing protection from the local environment.[2] A shelter can serve as a home or be provided by a residential institution.[3][4] It can be understood as both a temporary and a permanent structure.[5] In the American Counterculture of the 1960s, the concept of "Shelter" intervenes as one of the key concepts of the Whole Earth Catalog, and expresses an alternative to the modes of teaching architecture practiced in American academies.[6]

In the context of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, shelter holds a crucial position as one of the fundamental human necessities, complementing other physiological imperatives such as the need for air, water, food, rest, clothing, and reproduction."[7]

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  4. ^ "Residential institutions". Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ Dutto, Andrea Alberto. "Shelter Oddity". Studies in History and Theory of Architecture. 10 (2022). "Ion Mincu" University Press, Bucharest: 25–40.
  6. ^ Dutto, Andrea Alberto. "Shelter Oddity". Studies in History and Theory of Architecture. 10 (2022). "Ion Mincu" University Press, Bucharest: 25–40.
  7. ^ McLeod, Saul (4 April 2022). "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs". Simply Psychology. Retrieved 25 September 2022.