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Sheltered House Design and Construction Technology for Hurricane Vulnerable Zones in the Caribbean

  • COUNTRY OF IMPLEMENTATION:

    Haiti
    Haiti

  • SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

    The Caribbean area has every year the presence of at least one major hurricane. The housing infrastructure is the first and most important sheltering solution. The design of a low cost, secure and sustainable solution for hurricane disaster management is studied based on the materials, technologies and conditions of two of the most hurricane impacted countries in Caribbean: Cuba and Haití. The Project then comprises a Sheltered Room Design enveloped by ordinary rooms that can be constructed in growing phases according to the needs of the inhabitants. The houses are built using selected technologies that are suitable for disaster mitigation situation. It is proposed then to create a training site on an affected zone on Pinar del Rio, Cuba and a prototype urbanization of 50 houses in Gonaïves, Haiti. This can lead to the solution replication on the Caribbean area and the use in Hurricane Disaster Mitigation Plans.

  • INTERNATIONAL PROJECT TEAM:

    • CubaCuba

      Instituto Superior Politécnico J... Havana
      Contact iroko

    • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdo...

      University Of Bristol BS8 1TH Bristol
      Contact jd7984

  • ALL TEAM MEMBERS:

    Cuba
    Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría, Cuba
    China
    FuZhou No.1 middle school, China
    Azerbaijan
    "Zangi" lyceum, Azerbaijan
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    University Of Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    iroko

    Cuba

    yahong lee

    China

    ulviya

    Azerbaijan

    jd7984

    GBR

  • PROJECT PHOTOS:

    Evolutive Sheltered House on the final stage.
    Materials Technologies selection is based on sound and proven options that promotes gender equality.

  • TEAM PHOTOS:

    The Bristol team visited Cuba, we worked hard (and had fun at all)

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tothemaxx 04 Aug 2009
I am eager to see how this project progresses. There is such a great need for more robust housing in hurricane-prone areas - it is great to see work that addresses so urgent a problem.
 
kirikou 24 Jul 2009
je crois dans l'avenir de ce projet. Ca va aider à diminuer la quantité de perte de vie humaine. Alli a mi gente de la CUJAE...un saludo especial desde Haiti
 
marian pons 15 Jun 2009
deseo conocer en que lugar marcha este proyecto, si tiene posibilidades de obtener premio
 
Boris 08 Jun 2009
Je crois qu'il faudrait aussi mettre en place des programmes d'éducation environnementale face à ce type de catastrophes qui sont malheureusement inévitables. En outre, il me semble vraiment incontournable la participation des citoyens dans la construction de ces maisons.

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tothemaxx 04 Aug 2009
I am eager to see how this project progresses. There is such a great need for more robust housing in hurricane-prone areas - it is great to see work that addresses so urgent a problem.
 
kirikou 24 Jul 2009
je crois dans l'avenir de ce projet. Ca va aider à diminuer la quantité de perte de vie humaine. Alli a mi gente de la CUJAE...un saludo especial desde Haiti
 
marian pons 15 Jun 2009
deseo conocer en que lugar marcha este proyecto, si tiene posibilidades de obtener premio
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