Universitat Stuttgart
S H ELTER UNIT
10935 CA RIS S A DRIV E DA L L A S, T X 75218
The statistics are staggering: hundreds of millions of people around the world are homeless while over 1.5 billion more live in inadequate or substandard housing. To make matters worse, many of these people are concentrated in areas that have been devastated by natural disaster, war or political unrest. As a result of these conditions, the victims are too poor or the economy severely devastated to rely upon traditional housing solutions. The challenge by the University of Stuttgart’s Institut fßr Baukonstruction was to design a unit that could meet the living space needs of 2 to 4 people and could be used in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the capital of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. This area was the site of a massive earthquake in January 2010 that left over 316,000 people dead and over one million homeless. The basic requirement of this project was to use resource-saving and recyclable materials in a design for a simple, modular survival unit that was easy to erect, inexpensive and environmentally friendly. The unit should be transportable and capable of being quickly replicated. To meet these requirements, I designed a simple, modular unit that maximized the use of the limited natural resources in the region. The following portfolio depicts the use and placement of the survival units on location in Port-au-Prince.
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PORT AU PR I N C E , H A I TI The city of Port-au-Prince has a layout similar to that of an amphitheatre; commercial districts are near the water, while residential neighbourhoods are located on the hills above. Its population is difficult to ascertain due to the rapid growth of slums in the hillsides above the city; however, recent estimates place the metropolitan area's population at around 3.7 million, nearly half of the country's national population. Port-au-Prince, Haiti has average tropical climates of 28 C/83 F with max highs of 35 C/95 F in the summer months and the coolest max of 22C/72 F in the winter months. The maximum temperature difference is 20 degrees. The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epi-center near the town of LÊogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless. Area:
4,983 square kilometers (16.8 percent of the country)
Estimated Population: 3,664,620 (37 percent of Haitis total population) Population Density: 407 people per square kilometer Capital:
Port-au-Prince
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In south-central Haiti, with the Golfe de la Gonave forming the western boundary and the Dominican Republic and the Etang Saucmatre the eastern boundary.
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Water supply is a serious problem for Haiti even with the country’s average rainfall of 1,400 millimeters. The uneven distribution of rainfall and population, along with poor overall management of the available water resources, are the major causes of this water supply problem. The design of the shelter units needed to consider this major problem of water supply. I began looking at the natural water lines that followed Port au Princes topography and then analyzed where the rainfall collection paths would be. Clustering shelter units along these water collection paths was the most logical solution for long-term living.
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1,25 m
5,2 m
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2,5 m
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MINI UNIT
5m
STANDARD UNIT 06 page
personal living space for each mini, standard and large units
1,25 m
5,2 m
7,5 m
LARGE UNIT page 07
With ease of construction/transportation and modularity being driving factors behind my design, having a unit that would be able to fit as a kit of parts on the back of a truck was essential. The units arrive on site on the back of a truck, and each element (the floor, walls and fittings) arrive as complete pieces ready to be assembled.
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One of the greatest benefits to this design is the simplicity - the ease of construction and the short amount of time needed for assembly. All pieces would be labeled and indicating its matching part. Assembly would be easy and needing minimal labor for construction. Depending on the location where the shelter unit was needed, different types of final construction may be utilized to correspond with the local trade and talents.
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COR-TEN WEATHERED STEEL EXTERIOR CLADDING WOOD CURB PLYWOOD FACE .25 m M8 BOLT WITH REGULAR TOP WASHER FILL CAVITIES WITH BATT INSULATION I-BEAM AISC S150x25.6
INSULATED SANDWICH PANEL FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY SKIN ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB
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INSULATED SANDWICH FLOOR PANEL FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY SKIN ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB CONTAINER SUBFLOOR WOOD CURB PLYWOOD FACE BOLT .11 m DIAMETER WITH NUT SQUARE STEEL TUBING-46 J-BOLT 10 WITH KNURLED THUMBNUT 10
REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION ON COMPACTED SOIL
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COR-TEN WEATHERED STEEL EXTERIOR CLADDING WOOD CURB PLYWOOD FACE INSULATED SANDWICH PANEL FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY SKIN ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB MINIMAL EXPANDING FOAM SEALANT ENTIRE WINDOW PERIMETER
.6 m WINDOW UNIT ACTS AS STRUCTURE
COR-TEN WEATHERED STEEL EXTERIOR CLADDING INSULATED SANDWICH PANEL FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY SKIN ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB WIDE FLANGE AISC W130x23.8 STEEL RECTANGULAR TUBE AISC 102x76x4.8
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MINIMAL EXPANDING FOAM SEALANT ENTIRE WINDOW PERIMETER WOOD CURB PLYWOOD FACE .25 m M8 BOLT WITH REGULAR TOP WASHER FILL CAVITIES WITH BATT INSULATION I-BEAM AISC S150x25.6
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3/8” HEX BOLT WITH NUT SQUARE STEEL TUBING AISC 4x4x0.1875 WINDOW UNIT INSULATED SANDWICH PANEL FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY SKIN ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB
1/2” ANCHOR BOLT INSULATED SANDWICH PANEL PANEL TO PANEL CONNECTION
RECTANGULAR STEEL TUBE AISC 8x4x0.1875
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