‘Sheltered’ is a computationally driven project where the intent was to have temporary structures for easy assembly and disassembly in extreme earthquake prone regions facing the repercussions of the calamity.

Site: Tokyo, Japan

Context: Earthquakes

Proposal

The proposal was to have deploy-able temporary shelters using Minimal Surfaces that are optimized to give the survivors a pleasant living condition and shelters during these hard times.

Global Context Analysis: Global Temperature

Global Context Analysis: Humidity and Radiation

Site Analysis: Sun Light Hours

Site Analysis: Solar Radiation

Pseudo Code

Form Finding

Form Finding: Optimization as per Radiation

Form Iteration: Shading

Catalog

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‘Sheltered’ is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at Master in Advanced Architecture in 2022 by Students: Rahma Hassan, Sarjak Rakholiya and Tanvee Joshi and Faculty: David Andres León, Faculty Assistant: Ashkan Foroughi.