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insulated shelters
They Sleep Rough
Emma, in Bordeaux
Insulated shelters Iglou
The iglou
An innovative solution designed to save lives
50% of homeless people who call 115 don't get a place. Emergency homes are saturated.
Saturation of the programs of help for homeless
Homeless people are minimum two per room in shelters. They have the choice between being seperated or sleep outside.
Privacy
The Needs
Homeless shelters are often stressful for social workers and users. A lot of people refuse those structures, not nice enough.
Safety
Emergency shelters are often far from where the homeless people are living. Some people will refuse shelters in fear of losing their friends and space.
Flexibility & Emergency
Feedbacks
This Iglou is perfect, absolutely perfect!
Sometimes I am too warm I have to sleep with my jacket off
Christian
Inside an Iglou
in Alfortville (94)
It's much easier to sleep at night and wake up in the morning. This iglou is precious
Océane & Benjamin
Inside an Iglou
in Bois de Vincennes
Each one of us has their personal sleeping space. We're good!
Amid
Inside an Iglou
in a squat in Bordeaux
Not a single drop of rain inside! And I am warm.
Belmiro
Inside an Iglou
in Bordeaux
They talk about us
Contacts
Geoffroy de Reynal
Inventor & Designer of the Iglou
Energy Engineering Engineer
I worked abroad on wind turbine construction sites as a quality manager for a couple of years. When I got back, I realized the critical homeless situation in France. This project is a way to use my technical knowledge to meet a social challenge.
Pavla KLECKOVA
Director of the Non-Profit organization
pavla@iglou.cz
Responsible for Iglou in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Austria
Emmanuel CHILAUD
Responsible for Iglou in France, Italy, Spain, other European countries, USA & Canada, and rest of the world
Photo credits : L'Oeil de Ken
FB: EchangePhotographique.
A big thank-you !
News
20-24/02/2018
10 more iglous in Paris ! (Bois de Vincennes and Paris)
Built in Darwin écosystème in Bordeaux, brought to Paris on 20, Tuesday and distributed with the help of a local charity just before the last cold wave of this winter. We were able to protect a dozen of people thanks to you !
Assembling of the Iglou in bois de Vincennes.
15/02/2018
End of the crowfunding campain. We raised 18000€ thanks to you !
This money will allow us to make 10 Iglous before the end of winter and also to develop new models even more adapted to needs: modular and transportables !
03/01/2018
Crowfunding campain. Goal : 10 more iglous and the developpement of new models !
On Wednesday, the crowfunding campain has been launched on Ulule ! We are raising funds to developp new models: modular to be able to welcome families or groups and transportable by a single person. 10 more prototypes are going to be made and given to homeless helping charities in the colder areas of France.
15/12/2017
Test phase with homeless people in a squat
On Friday, the first 9 prototypes of the Iglou have been distributed in Bordeaux. A big thanks to the Squat Mission of Médecins du Monde and the Tripote and Mascagne charities for their logistic help ! The first feedbacks are good, the users have made the iglous theirs and those who were not able to get one are asking for one !
Assembling with the users
With the squat's inhabitants
With a user