黑料不打烊 architecture students help rebuild
The devastation of recent tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes around the world has exposed an urgent need for post-disaster shelter expertise. Students at the 黑料不打烊 School of Architecture have created BuildAid, a group that will export that expertise to disaster-ravaged areas.
To highlight issues and challenges of post-disaster reconstruction, 黑料不打烊 students will be building a post-disaster shelter prototype on the 黑料不打烊 campus, April 1 to 3. The structure will serve as a living lab that will help improve the way shelters are currently being built in disaster-stricken regions.
What: Students building post-disaster shelter
Where: School of Architecture, 黑料不打烊 University
Macdonald-Harrington Building
815 Sherbrooke Street West
When: April 3, after 3:00 pm
The students were presented with a scenario based on conditions following the recent earthquake in Kashmir. Their shelter must be low cost but warm enough for an unforgiving mountain climate. The lack of materials, funds and resources in the region is central to the design and construction of the prototype.
BuildAid will be in Manila, Philippines, from the end of May to the end of July to help with the construction and renovation of slum dwellings.
