Student Work
1∕10
Title
Advanced Studio Project
Project Description
In a country that experiences the worst cyclones in the world, how does one transduce water from a courier of catastrophe to a resource of repose. Using the articles cyclone refugees carry during cyclone time to modulate spaces, we explored this thesis through the design of a health centre doubling as a cyclone shelter.
The multiple permanently built structures housing programs of the health centre become shelters when cyclones make landfall. The photovoltaic, rainwater collecting parasol roofing system allows for incremental housing horizontally and vertically across the site. If there is a populace influx during cyclone time, refugees can build temporary accommodations adjacent to and on top of the permanent structures. These individual shelters minimize the separation of family members and foster communion and healing through common spaces and daily rituals like laundry, fetching water and cooking together.
Through this village of refuge, the integrity of the family unit during crises is preserved and dispensation of health services during fallow period is animated. This community resource truly becomes a source of relief and respite.