Looking at Bread in a New Way proposes using bread as both food and shelter. The concept is to build temporary dwellings using a modified flatbread with a hollow interior and strong outer shell. Benefits include being easy and quick to build, using readily available ingredients, and providing both food and shelter with a single item. Various designs are proposed, including adding windows, doors, coatings for different climates, and expanding the concept to include larger shelters and incorporating additional nutritional ingredients. The idea is gaining interest globally with new designs proposed from around the world.

1. Looking at Bread in a New
Way
Start with one LOAF
Logistical and
Operational
Architectural
Food

2. The Problem
Hurricane Sandy in the United States has given us an
opportunity to help humanity, starting with one loaf of
bread.

3. The Problem
In a disaster situation, shelter and food are two basic
requirements in short supply.
Present day efforts call for massive amounts of
resources for both food and shelter.

4. The Problem
We have put our best minds together to design a solution.
We have come to the conclusion that LOAF can be a solution
for both food and shelter.

5. Background
The Middle East has a kind of bread that holds
potential in helping countries around the world.
This particular flat bread is unique in its design.
It provides a hollow inside with a strong outer shell.

6. Concept
Using a larger, slightly modified form of
this bread, we can build a temporary
dwelling for 2 people that can be used
as both food and shelter.
Benefits
It can be easily built in a short period of
time.
Ingredients are readily available.
It is environmentally safe and friendly.

7. Concept
Benefits
High nutrient food powders can be added
to mix.
Mix is easy to transport.
Modified egg and/or seed based liquid can be sprayed
on the exterior surface for structural integrity (and
taste).

8. Concept
Benefits
Simple directions can be made with
pictures, eliminating language and cultural
barriers.
Gluten free options available for
celiac and related disorder sufferers.
Ingredients are inexpensive.
Potential for different countries to use
their own recipe, using ingredients
readily available in their own country.

9. Design Instruction
A large quantity of
ingredients premade.
Ground sheet is spread
on a flat surface.

10. Design Instruction
A covering is placed over the
spread ingredients.
A portable electric, gas, or
solar heat source applied.

11. Design Instruction
Windows and door can be cut out and used as food.

12. Design Instruction
A modified egg / seed mixture
can be spread over the outer
surface.
For wetter climates, a modified
peanut butter based coating
could be used as a sealant.

13. Value Added
Political Value
Governments will have an inexpensive emergency
solution for their people in time of disaster.
Nutritional Value
Spirulina, chlorella, or high nutrient food powders can
be added to formula to make it nutritious for humans to
consume for a period of time.

14. Value Added
Environmental Value
Totally nontoxic. Safe for human and animal
consumption.
Won’t harm ground water.
Economical Value
Jobs designing and making shelters.
NOTE: This could provide the world with a new career
path…architectural bakers.

15. Future Design
BREAD
This idea can be expanded, making larger shelters.
Basic
Relief
Edible
Architectural
Dwelling

16. Creativity and value increasing
globally
Since we publicized our idea, bakers and engineers
around the world have shared their ideas. There are
numerous suggestions for how to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of our design, including
the following:

17. Other Designs
large sturdy bread parts made from a modified
Russian bread recipe.

18. Other Designs
Pizza dough tent, extra crispy and highly nutritious.

19. Other Designs
Develop large breadsticks to be used as additional
supports.

20. Other Designs
Cold climate structures could be built with thicker
walled “Cornbread.”

21. Other Designs
Gingerbread
Houses made from
modified ginger bread.
Heat and rain resistant
coatings are edible.
Decorations can be added
to make it “feel more like
home” as seen in the
prototype.

22. Other Designs
Villa
Design for a "bread villa" being tested.

23. Architectural Bakers
Pictured below is a newly formed professional team
of architectural bakers researching new designs.

24. Additional Concepts for Emergency
Relief
Use bread as a bowl to provide people with nutritious
hot meals, such as soup and salads.

25. Summary
From around the globe people are exploring ideas and
creating new paths for helping mankind.
It all started with one loaf of bread……........
one loaf of bread and a desire to make a difference.

26. Design Credits
Obaid Bin Hashim
Emma Murphy
John Sporich
Carol Brandt
Peter Brandt