About us
Our vision
Pop Up Housing envisions a world where everyone has access to affordable, sustainable infrastructure. We provide low-cost housing kits made from recycled materials that can be assembled without special skills or tools. Our solutions adapt to various community needs, from homes to schools and clinics. By empowering communities to build their own infrastructure, we promote environmental sustainability and economic resilience.
Our origin
Pop-Up Housing was inspired by the pallet-rack movement - a low-cost, low-skill approach to rapidly deploying structures made from readily available local materials. Pallet racks offer immense strength without being heavy or labor-intensive. Pop-Up Housing's slotted metal frames as lighter alternatives for smaller structures.
Sampath Reddy, Pop-Up Housing's founder, worked alongside MIT media labs as part of Kumbathon - an event meant to identify solutions for several problems associated with urbanization in India. Today, Sampath and his team of staff and volunteers are focused on providing smaller-scale housing and community structures to improve the lives and livelihoods of migrants and other marginalized communities.
Meet the team
Sampat Althur
Founder & Director
Sampat Althur
Sampat Althur
Lead Architect
Fundraising director
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