Malka designed A-kamp47 -- the title a nod to the city 's drug-fueled gun violence problem -- in 2009 , but it was erected this past September in just 12 hours . A French artist has turned the sides of urban public spaces into emergency shelters . The artist, who goes by the name 'Mr E', says he was inspired to create a shelter for homeless people after seeing how many were sleeping on Paris's streets and in its parks. By building them on a wall , the artist hopes to make France 's homelessness problem visible .
A French artist has turned the sides of urban public spaces into emergency shelters . The artist, who goes by the name 'Mr E', says he was inspired to create a shelter for homeless people after seeing how many were sleeping on Paris's streets and in its parks. By building them on a wall , the artist hopes to make France 's homelessness problem visible .