Branching out from the confines of Manchester, this workshop gives students the opportunity to apply themselves to a completely different type of architecture in a new context. The brief is to design an emergency shelter for disaster zones using the Cashmere earthquake as a specific example.
Grahame MacDougal’s event focuses on fast-paced adaptable design, going back to the basic concepts of housing as a place of shelter rather than the feel and experience of a building. Participants are invited to approach the brief from one of two directions: as a response to possible materials available after the disaster or as a chance to explore more a high-tech design which would be built off-site. The group are designing ‘transitional accommodation’, which provides immediate shelter for disaster victims with a view to more permanent residence. Therefore, designs should be practical and appealing, with the aim of creating more than a shelter but a home for the new inhabitants.
Everyone will come up with their own response to the brief, which they can present at the final exhibition on the 22nd May in a format that compliments their design. Results will also be uploaded onto the UN website, in a move to influence and bring new ideas into the field of disaster relief
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