The Canterbury Employment and Skills Board has expected there will be approximately 36,000 workers coming to Christchurch to help with the rebuild in the following 10-15 years. In housing terms, that number roughly equates to 15,000 new households. The lack of accommodation has become a crisis for workers and their families moving into the city. The current plan is to house these workers in “migrant workers’ camps or working men’s villages” in central Christchurch. This thesis investigates how the design of temporary housing for the workers can be integrated into the community, making it a place where there is a sense of dignity and pride.
