HELTER SHELTER: RETHINKING DISASTER ARCHITECTURE AS THE FOUNDATION, NOT THE FEATURE

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dc.contributor.advisorWilliams, Joseph Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorShah, Zainen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T06:36:09Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T06:36:09Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractNatural disasters are an ever-present threat to humanity, so why should there not be an ever-present solution? The goal of this thesis is to create a proposal for a new typology of structures that are designed primarily as permanent disaster shelters. These structures would focus on housing and defending evacuees during the initial stages of a natural disaster as well as provide services to those within it such as medical services, warm food and communication with those outside. This thesis to a lesser extent also will explore and critique current practices with assigning locations as disaster shelters by highlighting their failures and then provides solutions through the design of the final product. Finally, this thesis will define a potential solution through design explorations on a selected site in New York City’s lower Manhattan. This project can act as a template for how future designers can create similar structures specific to their sites.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/0nmb-uowp
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25542
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDisaster Managmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEvacuationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHurricane Sandyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledKatrinaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNatural Disasteren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledShelteringen_US
dc.titleHELTER SHELTER: RETHINKING DISASTER ARCHITECTURE AS THE FOUNDATION, NOT THE FEATUREen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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