Transitional Home: Concept
After the devastating earthquake struck on 25th April 2015, many families lost their homes. It will take time for them to recover, perhaps 4 to 5 years. As we believe families should live in a place that give them a sense of belonging, we designed a traditional home that is more than just a shelter, beyond emergency survival.
The idea is that the material needed for the house would come from the rubble of destroyed houses. The only new element would be the corrugated steel roof for the outside roof. The inside ceiling would be made from from cloth or timber planks. The base of the wall is from stone. The wall is from planks and bamboo and door & window are salvaged from the houses destroyed by the earthquake.
A variation of shelters were designed & built based on site specific materials (bamboo, stone, planks & thatch).
SMA Team: Ar. Bikash Palikhey, Ar. Rumi Singh Maharjan, Er. Bijay Shrestha & Sujan Shilpakar