Significance

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE

It is crucial to help survivors in post-disaster identify their position and value in life in conjunction with the context of culture and their expectations, aims, standards, and cares (Adarlan et al., 2011).

This proposal establishes a strong relationship between people and places to propose a spatial solution for healing architecture in flood-prone areas. This solution will help shorten the time flood victims face their psychological impacts, which will mitigate the development of severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder whom Parkinson (2000) defined as “a normal response to abnormal events”.

Implementing a disaster healing centre will facilitate opportunities to transform at-risk communities into disaster-resilient communities. A changeable spatial module addressed in this project paves the way for the year-round activity plan in this centre, reducing economic loss through community farming schemes and enhancing community bonds through cultural, social and agricultural activities in the non-flood season.

On a macro-scale, this research attempts to bring up a design method of healing environment focusing on forming a healing centre module for disaster-affected places around the world.

1.5 METHODOLOGY

Literature Review

- To explore the physical and psychological consequences caused by disasters in central Vietnam - To explore the relationship between human, place and healing through the theories of “Architecture of Healing” and “Relevant person-environment”

Case Studies

- To explore the spatial planning, integrated architecture healing features, flood resistant materials, sustainable strategies