Resilient Community social housing prototype for San JosĂŠ de Chamanga, Ecuador 2016
RESILIENT COMMUNITY A severe earthquake occurred in Chamanga on April 20, 2016, destroying a large number of houses.
Core space model
WEI CHEN
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prototype cluster for 4 families
Considering the fact that the whole site area was at risk of having earthquake again, the idea was to be as resilient as possible. To achieve this, a core space was built, along with light framed structure that had defined the perimeter of one typical unit. In this way, even unfortunately the earthquake happens again, people still have a core space to begin with and know how to quickly rebuild.