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Architecture as a ‘Safe Haven’
Fig. 1. “China Struggles to Shelter Millions of Quake’s Homeless” (David Barboza, New York Times News Paper. Last modified May 26,2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/world/asia/26china.html) Architecture and natural calamities, there needs to be a permanent place for people to heal from psychological and
Architecture as a ‘Safe Haven’
Fig. 1. “China Struggles to Shelter Millions of Quake’s Homeless” (David Barboza, New York Times News Paper. Last modified May 26,2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/world/asia/26china.html) Architecture and natural calamities, there needs to be a permanent place for people to heal from psychological and
Architecture as a ‘Safe house’
Earthquakes. Calamities. Natural disasters. Such headlines have been appearing more frequent in recent headlines. Can architecture help prevent damage from these disasters? Can architecture help heal the psychological and physiological trauma of such experiences?
For my thesis I will look into designing ‘calamity proof’ buildings. Shelters that can function on a day-to-day basis with mixed use functions for the community. When needed, it will transform itself into a ‘safe house’, a haven for those to escape and take shelter.
Architecture as a ‘Safe house’
Earthquakes. Calamities. Natural disasters. Such headlines have been appearing more frequent in recent headlines. Can architecture help prevent damage from these disasters? Can architecture help heal the psychological and physiological trauma of such experiences?
For my thesis I will look into designing ‘calamity proof’ buildings. Shelters that can function on a day-to-day basis with mixed use functions for the community. When needed, it will transform itself into a ‘safe house’, a haven for those to escape and take shelter.