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Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster
Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30115 Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster Botes, Nico elonah27@gmail.com O'Neil, Elonah Flat pack Cardboard Folding Home Arrangement Identity Regional disasters Indigenous Temporary grace UCTD Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2010. A study of local context has revealed that universal relief strategies are failing to meet the needs of those who have just lived through the traumatic experience of losing their primary dwelling. Where as conventional ‘donor’ structures may economically shelter the body, they neglect to address issues of home and belonging. The hypothesis argues that shelter after disaster is not just a temporary solution but rather a ‘starter kit’ with the potential of becoming a home. Hence shelter is the beginning of a process, that involves first a sign of the event of dwelling before it can host a more complex scope of concerns. While acknowledging that the design cannot be site specific, the proposal responds to regional disasters within greater Tshwane region, through a comprehensive investigation of context, climate and selected case studies. Set within the reality of monotonous modular design the project seeks to provide a flexible and innovative shelter typology that can remain on site, providing a period of grace. Thus enabling the displaced to focus on rebuilding their homes without living with the fear of their tent being reclaimed. The project conducts a critical investigation into rapidly deployable structure. The object of the study is to highlight the potential of cardboard as an alternative building material. Copyright Architecture unrestricted 2013-09-07T18:03:13Z 2010-02-03 2013-09-07T18:03:13Z 2009-11-23 2010-02-03 2009-12-05 Dissertation O'Neil, E 2009, Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster, MIntProf) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30115 > C10/43/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30115 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12052009-173655/ © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Flat pack Cardboard Folding Home Arrangement Identity Regional disasters Indigenous Temporary grace UCTD Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| title | Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| title_full | Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| title_fullStr | Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| title_short | Grace under pressure : investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| title_sort | grace under pressure investigating a design response in event of disaster |
| topic | Flat pack Cardboard Folding Home Arrangement Identity Regional disasters Indigenous Temporary grace UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30115 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12052009-173655/ |