Architects and Post-Disaster Housing
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Architects and Post-Disaster Housing

A Comparative Study in South India

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Architects and Post-Disaster Housing

A Comparative Study in South India

About this book

This book examines the different roles of architects in rural post-disaster housing and their impact on the degree of success of the projects from villagers' perspective. It is based around the building process of three case studies affected by the tsunami of 2004 in rural South India. It identifies the critical parameters and skills required at project level during the course of the building process. The results from villages and interviews with experienced international and Indian architects, engineers and NGO representatives show that architects are often poorly equipped to work in this context. Gertrud Tauber concludes with a proposal for a course to help architects in the building of people-oriented housing in post-disaster environments.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Architects and Post-Disaster Housing
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Note on Terminology
  6. Preamble
  7. Introduction
  8. Locating the Field
  9. Existing Literature on the Role of Architects in Designing Post-Disaster Housing
  10. Building Cultures
  11. Research Method
  12. PART I: AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI OF 2004
  13. PART II: THREE CASE STUDIES
  14. PART III: NEGOTIATING THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT
  15. Appendices
  16. Glossary
  17. List of Figures, Pictures and Tables
  18. Bibliography