Disaster Relief Housing and Planning
By: Brad Hoepfner
Disasters come in many
forms, from hurricanes to earthquakes, or even economic crisis. They can affect
us in many different ways.
FEMA shelters were mass
produced and shipped using trains after Katrina hit. Thousands of these
trailers were used to give people much needed shelter. Efficiency and
resiliency were the key factors used to create the shelters. Those factors led
to large fields of trailers with little personal space, widespread confusion,
and minimal comfort.
Many questions arise from this, can we create a
shelter that can be easily transported and erected while being resilient to
nature, provide planning to control confusion, but give people the sense of
humanity, family, and safety they deserve during these harsh times? Could these
shelters address the growing homeless population of America? What are some of
the successful parts of existing relief shelters?
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