Portable Post-Disaster Home
Abstract
According to the United Nations statistics, since 2008, an average of 26.4 million people have
been displaced per year because of natural disasters. In other words, one person loses his/her
home every second. This is while these figures do not even include the number of people who
have become homeless or are forced into living in terrible conditions because of wars and
violence, or other issues such as financial difficulties. Sadly, the number of displaced people are
increasing every year; this is while so many critical issues such as lack or shortage of proper
housing or shelter, food, water, sanitary facilities and many other problems have still been left
unresolved for those who have been displaced years ago. Because of the importance of the
living environment on one’s mental and physical health, my thesis is focused on designing a
mobile home that would be used as a long-term temporary solution primarily by the displaced
people who have lost their home due to natural disasters. The proposed dwelling unit would be
easily transportable and would include the basic sanitary facilities such as a toilet, wash basin,
shower, and a mini kitchen, along with other spaces needed for a comfortable life. The tiny
home would also be able to operate on the grid as well as off the grid for sites where no or little
infrastructure is provided. The main goal of this thesis is to propose a light-weight, cost-effective,
and compact dwelling unit by exploring the concept of “expandability”, and to provide the
displaced people with a safe, healthy, and comfortable living environment until their permanent
houses are reconstructed.
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Marieh Dialameh
(2017).
Portable Post-Disaster Home. UWSpace.
http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11239
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