What is the role of architecture as it relates to hurricane relief housing, and how can it further address issues of displacement on a longer time scale?
How is relief housing rapidly built?
How are these homes customized for the occupant?
How can relief housing become a sustainable permanent structure?
Over the next two semesters, I will be examining and expanding on these points. Through a process of research, I will try to better understand the context of this project, researching precedents, climatic conditions, and as the project moves on, building methodologies. Information will be taken from these studies to inform the design process, examining assets, liabilities, and relevant information. The main point of this thesis will be to examine methodologies and typologies of hurricane relief housing. This process will examine how these buildings operate on the short term, but focus on how these buildings can be phased and customized to become permanent dwellings for those displaced by hurricanes. The focus of the project will focus on how these dwellings are transformed from single structures to sustainable homes for extended use. The challenge of the project will be to see how these dwellings can be built quickly and economically at first, and then morphed over time to become permanent dwellings. Questions of building methodologies will come into play, and can determine how these homes are built, what is most efficient on each time scale and the benefits of cost vs. time. The main focus of this design process will be the study and implementation of phasing and customization and how it is influenced by the occupant.
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