Emergency shelter

A building that is adaptable between a first normal configuration and a second wind-resistant configuration by relative movement of at least two space enclosing elements of the building, wherein the first configuration defines a first internal volume and the second configuration defines a second internal volume less than the first internal volume,

• wherein the first configuration comprises:
• a first roof element moveable relative to at least one structurally supporting part of the building, said first roof element being one of the at least two space enclosing elements and which in the first configuration has a first roof angle to the horizontal;
• and
• an adjacent first side wall element being one of the at least two space enclosing elements, at least a portion of which is moveable relative to at least one structurally supporting part of the building, said first side wall element in the first configuration having a first side wall angle to the horizontal;
• and
• wherein the second configuration comprises a composite roof-wall arrangement having a roof component derived from at least a portion of the first roof element and a side wall component derived from at least a portion of the first side wall element, wherein the angle to the horizontal of each of the roof component and the wall component of the composite roof-wall arrangement in the second configuration are intermediate between the first roof angle of the first roof element in the first configuration and the first wall angle of the first wall element of the first configuration.