Here to Stay: The Disaster, Displacement, and Biomimetic Response

Abstract

Natural disaster can be felt all around the globe especially in the Philippines where millions of people have been displaced without any shelter. With the average of 20 typhoons hitting Philippines each year. People are still living in unsafe structures that affects the day to day of their livelihoods during and after natural disaster. According to Internal Displacement, earthquakes, floods and violence have driven millions away from their homes in 2018 alone. This acceleration in displacement can be felt in cities with growing slums and outdated infrastructure. This thesis will investigate a new integrated urban and building design typology for climate adaptation that uses and integrates Biomimicry as a design technique. This exploration hopes to use as a establish design criteria in the Philippines where typhoon is very prominent.