Transportable architecture is another term for the type of habitat/dwelling we use to address displacement and homelessness with the use of easy to assemble/disassemble modules at site. They can be pre-fabricated using local or readily available materials for easy construction and good weather properties.
Assignment Overview
[1] Return to Readings in Week 3 and review the Role of Culture and Role of Designer. You will begin this task by using your initial research on the regions, recorded lectures, country specific information, and case studies on refugee or emergency shelters. Review your successful case studies in week 3 and add one more to finalize your design concept.
[2] Research the effects of homelessness and displacement on people (those living in another country or in the US). What immediate needs do displaced people have? How were such needs addressed in a culturally sensitive way? What elements or features must emergency shelters provide?
Example: org/category/projects-of-disaster/temporary-shelter/”>https://www.design4disaster.org/category/projects-of-disaster/temporary-shelter/
[3] Based on your research on assigned country and state in W3 Assignment RP2, sketch about 7-8 thumbnail drawings of your observations on homelessness, displacement, and temporary shelters. From your initial ideas, design a transportable architecture module or prototype that can be used as a single component to form a unit of 4, 8, 12 and so forth.
The singular module (prefabricated, modular, ready to assemble, etc.) should be able to create small districts of communities of temporary shelters once combined or interconnected. Imagine a lego of containers interconnected for a purposeful function.
In your design, integrate the critical concerns such as the psychological effects of displacement and homelessness on people and what features a culturally specific temporary shelter should have, including space requirements, adjacencies, special requirements pertaining to specific rooms (for worship or meditation, for example), and traffic flow.
The requirements can include basic items such as the essential bed, table and chair, specialty items, and removable floor covering. You may create the list based on your own observations, but you should strive to develop an idea for a culturally sensitive temporary dwelling that can be used by the people in that country or those displaced in the US (Use your assigned country and state).
[4] Along with your design, include a 200-word design concept statement and set of objectives consolidating your information towards temporary shelter ideas. Include a list of MLA-formatted citations for any research you have used.
The final submission should be in 3 pages of 11 x 17 format – landscape format.
The pages should reflect:
- Three (3) case studies of temporary shelter (2 from RP2 and one additional case study)
- Good quality of 7-8 observational sketches from the region, and country/state assigned
- Design of the transportable architecture module (singular)
- Differentiate any unique features if this module is built in another country or in the USA
- Sets of module reflecting a diagrammatic sketch to show how it will form a community or district (can be shown in plan, perspective or axonometric view)
- 200 word design concept and bullet points of objectives
- MLA citation
Review the following PDF and recording for some tips:
Submission Details
- Combine all parts of the assignment above (research notes, essay, and sketches)
- https://www.design4disaster.org/category/projects-…
- https://buildabroad.org/2016/06/20/relief-architec…
Global Design DD2
With reference to week 3 readings, the narrative has established the role of the designer in temporary shelter design while posing these questions:
- Could a “culture kit” be designed and deployed to various areas accepting refugees from specific countries or regions—a kit that could add cultural elements to a basic generic emergency shelter? State a good example of this culture kit from the country you are researching.
- Or would a custom-designed, culture-specific shelter that takes into consideration the vernacular architecture from the refugees’ region of origin using similar construction materials and methods from that region be more appropriate?
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