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Pr oj ec t Si t e -Napal i Beac h, Rak hi neDi v i s i on, My anmar DESI GNCONCEPT Emphas i z et hec har ac t er i s t i cof My anmar ar c hi t ec t ur al s t y l et oget her i nac l am, beaut i f ul andec ot our i s mf unc t i ons .

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Fi r eSt a t i o n On eo ft h ep r i n c i p a l r e q u i r e me n t sf o raf i r es t a t i o ni st op r o v i d et i me l yr e s p o n s et oe me r g e n c yf i r e , me d i c a l a n dr e s c u ee v e n t s .

Th i si si na d d i t i o nt ot h e n o n e me r g e n c yr e s p o n s e s , f i r ei n s p e c t i o n s , p u b l i ce d u c a t i o n , p r e p l a n n i n ga n d o t h e r l e s sv i s i b l ea c t i v i t i e s .

Th ef o r me r a c t i v i t i e sa r et h eo n e swi t ht h eh i g h e s t p r o f i l e , a n dt h eo n ewi t ht h el a r g e s t d e g r e eo f r i s kt or e s i d e n t s , p r o p e r t yo wn e r sa n d r e s p o n d i n gf i r ef i g h t e r s .

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Th i sa r e ah a st h eh i g h e s t c o n c e n t r a t i o no f i n d u s t r i a l , c o mme r c i a l a r e a sa n dh o u s i n ge s t a t e s .I t i sd e v e l o p i n gv e r yr a p i d l ya n dn o wa l s os t a n d sa smo d e l i n d u s t r i a l z o n e s .I nf u t u r e , i t i sp o s s i b l et h a t mo r ea d v a n c e di n d u s t r i e swi l l b es e t u pi nHl a i n g Th a r y a r .

Mo r e o v e r , a si t i se a s i l yr e a c h a b l ea n dn o t f a r f r o mYa n g o n e n t r e p r e n e u r sa r ek e e no ne s t a b l i s h i n gi n d u s t r i e so f t h e i ro wni nt h ei n d u s t r i a l z o n ea n da l s of o r e i g ng u e s t sa r er e ma r k e do nt h e mwi t hs a t i s f a c t i o n .

Cu r r e n t e x i s t i n gf i r es t a t i o ni nt h i ss i t ei sn o t s u i t a b l ea n dd o e sn o t me e t i t sn e e d s .

I t i st o os ma l l , n o t s e i s mi c a l l y r a t e da n dd o e sn o t p r o v i d ea n ys u i t a b l et r a i n i n gb u i l d i n gf o r f i r ef i g h t e r s .

Th i sl o c a t i o nwo u l db es u p e r i o r a si t i sg e n e r a l l y amo r el e v e l p i e c eo f g r o u n dt h a t wo u l dp r o v i d ea c c e s st oac o n t r o l l e di n t e r s e c t i o n .

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EASTERNTOWERPENTHOUSE( I NTERI ORDESI GN) Si nc e Dec ember2013,Ihav ewor k ed wi t hpr of es s i onal satSPi NEAr c hi t ec t sf r i mi n Yangon, My anmaront wopr i v at er es i denc es f orI nt er i ordes i gnandt woc ommer i c al bui l di ngf ordet ai l dr awi ngs .Myr ol ei nt hedes i gn dev el opmentwasmi ni mal ,butIs ati non c l i netmeet i ngs ,made c ons t r uc t i on doc ument s ,dev el opeddi gi t almodel sonGoogl e s k et c hup,andhel pedpr oduc eal otofdet ai l dr awi ngsus i ngAut oCadmanangert odr aw c ons t r uc t i ons i t e doc ument swi t hs eni orar c hi t ec t sf ornumer ousot herpr oj ec t sf ort he f i r m.

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I ne v a l u a t i n gt h ep r e v a l e n c eo f g r e e n b u i l d i n g sf o r u r b a na r e a sn op r o p e r a s s e s s me n t h a sb e e nc o n d u c t e d .

Ho we v e r , i nt h ema j o r i t yo f t h er u r a l a r e a s , d u et ot h ei mi t a t i o no f i n f r a s t r u c t u r ea n dt h es c a r c i t yo f r e s o u r c e s , b u i l d i n g sa r et r a d i t i o n a l l yd e s i g n e dt ob eb o t hs u s t a i n a b l ea n de n v i r o n me n t a l f r i e n d l y .

Du et ot h e s ec o n d i t i o n s , r u r a l a r e a sh a v eb e e nb u i l d i n ge n v i r o n me n t a l f r i e n d l ywi t h o u t t h ek n o wl e d g eo f g r e e n a n ds u s t a i n a b l ep r i n c i p l e st h a t a r eo f t e nd i s c u s s e di nu r b a na r e a s .

Ak a l Ch a u n gWas t o r ms h e l t e r a n dp u b l i cs c h o o l c a nb ec a t e g o r i z e du n d e r r u r a l v e r n a c u l a r s u s t a i n a b l eb u i l d i n g so r r u r a l v e r n a c u l a r g r e e nb u i l d i n g s .

Th i sc a s es t u d yc a nb eu s e di nu n d e r s t a n d i n gt h ep o s s i b i l i t i e so f c o l l a b o r a t i o ni no r d e r t op r e s e r v e , i mp r o v e , a n d s u s t a i ne n v i r o n me n t a l l yf r i e n d l yr u r a l v e r n a c u l a r d e s i g n si nMy a n ma r .

I t o b s e r v e ss u c c e s s f u l wa y si nwh i c hi n t e r n a t i o n a l e x p e r t i s ec a nb eu s e dt oh e l pa d v i c el o c a l si nu t i l i z i n gt r a d i t i o n a l s k i l l st ob u i l dmo d e r ns t o r ms h e l t e r a n dp u b l i c s c h o o l i nt h eI r r a wa d d yd e l t a .

I n t r o d u c t i o no f t h ePr o j e c t Cy c l o n eNa r g i ss t r u c ki nMa yo f 2 0 0 8 , k i l l i n ga ne s t i ma t eo f 1 5 0 , 0 0 0p e o p l ea n dt h es u r v i v o r sl o s t t h e i r h o u s e s , c a t t l ea n da l s ot h ei n f r a s t r u c t u r ewa sc o mp l e t e l yd e s t r o y e d .

Th ei mp a c t o f c y c l o n eNa r g i sma d eb o t hp r o f e s s i o n a l sa n dt h eg e n e r a l p u b l i ca wa r eo f t h en e e dt od e s i g ns u s t a i n a b l ea n de n v i r o n me n t a l l yf r i e n d l yb u i l d i n g s .

Ma s s i v er e c o n s t r u c t i o na n dp l a n n i n go f v i l l a g e si nt h ea f t e r ma t ho f c y c l o n eNa r g i sh e l p e dt op r o mo t et h eu s eo f s u s t a i n a b l ema t e r i a l sa n dd e s i g n st h a t i n c o r p o r a t ea d a p t a t i o no f t h el o c a l e n v i r o n me n t .

Th i sa l s oc r e a t e da ni n c r e a s e da wa r e n e s so f d e s i g n i n gg r e e nb u i l d i n g si nMy a n ma r .

Ak a l Ch a u n gWav i l l a g ei sl o c a t e dc l o s et ot h eAn d a ma ns e ai nt h eI r r a wa d d yd e l t ao f My a n ma r .

I n h a b i t a n t so f t h ev i l l a g e s i mi l a r t ot h ema j o r i t yo f t h ea r e ar e l yo nr i c e f a r mi n ga n df i s h i n ga st h e i r ma i ns o u r c eo f i n c o me .

Th i sv i l l a g ea st h ei d e a l l o c a t i o nf o r an e ws c h o o l a n ds t o r ms h e l t e r wa ss e l e c t e daf e wmo n t h sa f t e r t h ed e v a s t a t i n g f l o o d si nMa y2 0 0 8d u et oi t i sc l o s e dp r o x i mi t yt on u me r o u ss u r r o u n d i n gv i l l a g e s .

Th i ss t o r ms h e l t e r a n dp u b l i cs c h o o l wa sc o mp l e t e di no n ey e a r a n do f f i c i a l l yo p e n e di nJ a n u a r y2 0 1 0u n d e r t h ea u s p i c e sa n df u n d i n go f t h eAma r af o u n d a t i o na n d o u t s i d ei n t e r n a t i o n a l a i dh e l p e dt or e h a b i l i t a t et h ea r e aa n dt ob u i l dv i a b l es t o r ms h e l t e r s .

Wi t ht h ed e s i g np r o v i d e db yaGe r ma na r c h i t e c t , l o c a l c o n s t r u c t i o nwo r k e r sa n d s k i l l e dl a b o r e r swe r eu s e dt h r o u g h o u t t h ed e s i g np r o c e s s .

Th i sp r o j e c t i sn o wp r o v i d i n gn o t o n l ye d u c a t i o nf o r 5 0 0s t u d e n t sb u ts h e l t e r f o r mo r ep e o p l ea n dc a nh e l pt o p r o t e c t t h ei n h a b i t a n t so f Ak a l Ch a u n gWaf r o mf u r t h e r n a t u r a l d i s a s t e r s .

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Th ema i ni d e awa st oi n t e g r a t et h ec l i ma t i cc o n s i d e r a t i o n si nt h ef o r ma n db u i l d i n gma t e r i a l st h a t t h el o c a l p e o p l eh e r ek n o wa n da r ea c c u s t o me dt oh a n d l i n g , a n dwh i c ha r ea l s oa v a i l a b l eo n s i t e , y e t p r e s e r v i n gt h er u r a l v e r n a c u l a r b u i l d i n g , k e e p i n gi nmi n dt h en e e do f i n h a b i t a n t si nt h ed e l t ar e g i o n s .

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Th ewa l l so f t h i sb u i l d i n gt h a t wo u l dr e s i s t s u c hh i g hwa t e r p r e s s u r ewa sn o t o n l yt o oh i g hc o s t si nt e r mso f d e s i g n , i t wa sa l s o c o n s i s t i n gp u r e l yo f d o n a t i o n s .

Th ewa t e r c o u l ds i mp l yb ep e r mi t t e dt of l o o dt h ee n t i r eg r o u n d f l o o r a r e aa f t e r i t r e a c h e dac e r t a i n h e i g h t .

Th a t me a n t c r e a t i n ge n o u g ha p e r t u r e si nt h eb u i l d i n gt h r o u g hwh i c ht h ewa t e r c o u l ds u r g ei na n do u t u n i mp e d e d .

Du et o t h eo c t a g o n a l g r o u n d p l a n , i nc a s eo f f l o o d i n gt h ei n d i v i d u a l wa l l sa r eu n d e r g o n et ol e s sp r e s s u r ea n da r er e n d e r e de x t r e me l y s t a b l ea n dr i g i db yt h ei n t e r i o r wa l l s .

I n s t e a do f b u i l d i n gt h es t o r ms h e l t e r o u t o f r e i n f o r c e dc o n c r e t e , t h ep r o j e c t p r o mo t e dt h eh e x a g o ns h a p ewi t hb r i c k sa n dc l a yo nt h eg r o u n df l o o r .

Th eu s eo f f l e x i b l ea n du b i q u i t o u sb a mb o owa su s e dt ob u i l dt h ef o u n d a t i o na n ds t r u c t u r a l s u p p o r t f o r t h ep u r p o s e so f b u i l d i n gav i a b l ep u b l i cs c h o o l a n ds t o r ms h e l t e r .

I t i sp r e v a l e n t i nt h er e g i o na n di sar e n e wa b l ema t e r i a l t h a t i se a s i l ya v a i l a b l eb yt h e l o c a l s .

Th i ss t o r ms h e l t e r a n dp u b l i cs c h o o l u s e de c o f r i e n d l yme t h o d st h a t e x i s t wh e r e b yt h eb a mb o os t i c k sa r ei mp r e g n a t e dwi t h t h ea i do f b o r i cs a l t , wh i c hma k e st h e ml a s t f o r u pt o3 0y e a r s .

So l a r p a n e l sa r ei n s t a l l e dt op r o v i d el i g h t f o r s t u d e n t sa n dv i l l a g e r si nt h ea r e a .

St o r mwa t e r mi t i g a t i o nh e l p si nc o l l e c t i n ga n d s t o r i n gr a i n wa t e r f o r u s ed u r i n gt h ed r ys e a s o n .

Mo r e o v e r , as t o r mwa r n i n gs y s t e mwa sa l s oi n s t a l l e dt oe n s u r et h a t v i l l a g e r sa r e wa r n e da h e a do f t i met op o s s i b l ec h a n g e si nwe a t h e r t h a t c o u l de n d a n g e r t h el i v e so f v i l l a g e r si nt h ea r e a .

Al o n gwi t hi n t e r n a t i o n a l s u p e r v i s i o n , a i d , a n dc o n s u l t a t i o n , l o c a l l a b o r e r swe r ea l s oa l l o we dt op r o v i d et h e i r e x p e r t i s ei nt h a t c h e dr o o f i n g , u s eo f c a n e , a n d b a mb o od u r i n gt h ec o n s t r u c t i o np r o c e s s .

Th i sc a s es t u d yo f Ak a l Ch a u n gWas t o r ms h e l t e ra n dp u b l i cs c h o o l h e l pt oh i g h l i g h t a p o s s i b l es c e n a r i oi nwh i c hi n t e r n a t i o n a l a i da n da s s i s t a n c ec a nb eb e n e f i c i a l i nh e l p i n gt oc o l l a b o r a t ea n du t i l i z el o c a l k n o wl e d g eo f r u r a l s u s t a i n a b l ed e s i g ni nMy a n ma r .

Mo d e r nt e c h n o l o g ywa si mp l e me n t e di nas u s t a i n a b l ema n n e r t h a t c a t e r e dt ot h en e e d so f t h ev i l l a g e r s .

Ho we v e r , t h es t u d ya l s oi n d i c a t e st h a t wi t h o u t s u f f i c i e n t s u p p o r t f r o mi n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n ss e v e r a l p a r t so f t h e b u i l d i n ga r ei nn e e do f mo r es t r i n g e n t s u p e r v i s i o nf o r ma i n t e n a n c e .

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ACas eSt udyf orRur al Sus t ai nabl eBui l di ngDes i gnsI nMy anmar :JULY2014 Ak al ChaungWaSt or m Shel t erAndPubl i cSc hool An a l y s i so nRu r a l Su s t a i n a b l eBu i l d i n gAn dEn v i r o n me n t a l Be n e f i t s

Th eb u i l t e n v i r o n me n t i nt h er u r a l a r e a su t i l i z e sl o c a l l ya v a i l a b l ema t e r i a l sa n dr e s o u r c e s t h a t d on o t e x p l o i t t h ee n v i r o n me n t .

Co n s t r u c t i o na c t i v i t i e sa mo n gr u r a l a r e a sa r emo s t l yi n h e r i t e d f r o mp r o v e na g e o l dp r a c t i c e st h a t h a v emi n i ma l i mp a c t t ot h ee n v i r o n me n t .

Th eb u i l d i n g sa n d s e t t l e me n t si nr u r a l a r e a se mp l o y st h es a meme t h o d st h a t h a v eb e e nu s e df o r g e n e r a t i o n sa n d h a v eb e e nr e f i n e db yv i l l a g ee l d e r st oa c c o mmo d a t ec l i ma t i ca n de n v i r o n me n t a l n e e d swh i l e u s i n gl i mi t e dr e s o u r c e sa v a i l a b l e .

Th u s , k n o wl e d g eo f p a s s i v ed e s i g ni sb o t he f f i c i e n t a n dp r a c t i c a l .

Th i si sd u et of i v ef a c t o r s : ( 1 )Pr o v e na g eo l ds u s t a i n a b l ep r a c t i c e s ( 2 )Ut i l i z i n gs u s t a i n a b l ea n dr e n e wa b l ema t e r i a l s ( 3 )Re l i a n c eo nma n u a l l a b o r ( 4 )L o n g e r l i f es p a no f r u r a l b u i l d i n g s ( 5 )Ge o mo r p h i cp l a n n i n go f s e t t l e me n t s

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Aswi t hma n yd e v e l o p i n gc o u n t r i e s , My a n ma r i si nt h ep r o c e s so f mo d e r n i z a t i o n .Th e r ea r es e v e r a la d v a n t a g e sa n dd i s a d v a n t a g e so f mo d e r n i z a t i o na n di t si mp a c t o nr u r a l b u i l d i n gd e s i g n s .

Amo n gt h ea d v a n t a g e s , mo d e r n i z a t i o na l l o wsf o r p r e v i o u s l yi n a c c e s s i b l er u r a l a r e a st o c o n n e c t wi t ho t h e rr e g i o n so f My a n ma r .

Th ei n t r o d u c t i o no f t e c h n o l o g y a l l o wsf o ri n c r e a s e de c o n o mi co p p o r t u n i t i e s ,a n ds o c i a l d e v e l o p me n t .

Ho we v e r , mo d e r n i z a t i o nh a sa l s ob e e no n eo f t h ema i nd r i v i n gf o r c e sf o r t h el o s so f c o n v e n t i o n a l r u r a l p r a c t i c e sp a r t i c u l a r l yi nt h ea r e ao f ma i n t a i n i n gl o c a lp r a c t i c e si ns u s t a i n a b l er u r a ld e s i g no fb u i l d i n g sa n ds e t t l e me n t s .

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ACas eSt udyf orRur al Sus t ai nabl eBui l di ngDes i gnsI nMy anmar :JULY2014 Ak al ChaungWaSt or m Shel t erAndPubl i cSc hool Th ei n t r o d u c t i o no f mo d e r nma t e r i a l t or u r a l v i l l a g e sh a sc r e a t e da ni n c r e a s el o s so f l o c a l k n o wl e d g ei ns u s t a i n a b l er u r a l d e s i g n .St a n d a r d i z e dmo d e r nma t e r i a lo f t e nr e l i e so nr e s o u r c e st h a ta r ei mp o r t e df r o mo t h e rc o u n t r i e s .Wi t ha ni n c r e a s e d d e ma n df o rmo d e r nma t e r i a l , r u r a l v i l l a g e sr e l yl e s so np r o v e ns u s t a i n a b l ea n dr e n e wa b l ema t e r i a l t h a t i sr e a d i l ya c c e s s i b l et o t h e m.

Mo r e o v e r , t h ei mp o r t o f ma t e r i a l s u c ha st i ng a l v a n i z e di r o nr o o f i n g , s t e e l , c e me n t , g l a s s , c a s t i r o n , a n da l u mi n u mr e q u i r e s r e s o u r c e s , e n e r g y , a n de c o n o mi cme a n sf o r c o n s t r u c t i o n .

Th ei n c r e a s ed e ma n df o r mo d e r nma t e r i a l d i s s i p a t e sb o t ht h en e e do f l o c a l k n o wl e d g eo f s u s t a i n a b l er u r a l b u i l d i n gd e s i g n sa n dt h en e e df o r l o c a l l a b o r e r sp r a c t i c i n gt r a d i t i o n a l r u r a l c o n s t r u c t i o n .

Si mi l a r l y , s t a n d a r d i z e dmo d e r nma t e r i a l sr a r e l yt a k ei n t oa c c o u n t v a r y i n ge n v i r o n me n t a l a n dc l i ma t i cc o n d i t i o n so f t h er e g i o n .

Ane x a mp l eo f t h ei mp a c t so f c h a n g ec a nb es e e ni nt h ei n t r o d u c t i o no f g a l v a n i z e di r o ns h e e t i nr o o f i n gi n s t e a do f t h a t c h e dr o o f s .

Ga l v a n i z e di r o nr o o f i n gs h e e t s r e r a d i a t e sh e a t i n t ot h ei n t e r i o r o f t h eb u i l d i n g s .

Ass u c h , t e mp e r a t u r er e g u l a t i o n so f t r a d i t i o n a l h o me sa r el o s t .

Ec o n o mi c a l l y , t h ei mp o r t o f f o r e i g nma t e r i a l sr e q u i r e sl o c a l s t op a yc o mp a r a t i v e l yh i g h e r p r i c e sf o r c o mmo d i t i e st h a t c a no t h e r wi s eb ef o u n dl o c a l l y .

Mo r e o v e r , t h ee n e r g ya n dr e s o u r c e sr e q u i r e dt oi mp o r t s u c hma t e r i a l h a v eag r e a t e r i mp a c t o nt h ee n v i r o n me n t t h a nt h a t o f l o c a l i z e dr e s o u r c ee x t r a c t i o nt h a t i sr e q u i r e di nt r a d i t i o n a l r u r a l d e s i g no f b u i l d i n g s .

Th el o s so f l o c a l k n o wl e d g eo nu t i l i z i n gs u s t a i n a b l er e s o u r c e so f r u r a l a r e a sh a sal o n gt e r me c o n o mi c a l i mp a c t o nt h ewa yf u t u r er u r a l s e t t l e me n t sa r ec o n s t r u c t e d .

Si mi l a r l y , wi t ht h el o s so f l o c a l k n o wl e d g e , c o n t r a c t o r sf r o mo u t s i d et h er e g i o na r eg i v e nac o mp a r a t i v ea d v a n t a g et oc o n s t r u c t r u r a l b u i l d i n g su s i n gi mp o r t e dmo d e r nma t e r i a l s .

Th i si nt u r nd i s f r a n c h i s e st h ea b i l i t yf o r l o c a l st ob es k i l l e dl a b o r e r si nt h ea r e a .

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Ru r a l v e r n a c u l a r s u s t a i n a b l eb u i l d i n gd e s i g n sh a v ep r o v e nt owo r kb o t he n v i r o n me n t a l l ya n de c o n o mi c a l f o r t h ei n h a b i t a n t so f r u r a l a r e a si nMy a n ma r .

Th i ss t u d y h o p e st oo u t l i n et h ei mp o r t a n c eo f s y s t e ma t i c a l l ys t u d y i n ga n dp r e s e r v i n gt r a d i t i o n a l b u i l d i n g so f t h er u r a l a r e a s .

Asmo d e r n i z a t i o ni n c r e a s e sn e wma t e r i a l sa r ei n t r o d u c e di nt h eb u i l d i n gp r o c e s st h a t r e q u i r e smo r el a b o r , r e s o u r c e s , a n de n e r g y .

Th i ss t u d ys u g g e s t sap o s s i b l es o l u t i o na n dp r o mo t e ss u c c e s s f u l v e r n a c u l a r r u r a l d e s i g n st h a t c a nb ei mp l e me n t e df o r g r e e na n ds u s t a i n a b l eg r o wt hi nMy a n ma r .

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