Emergency Shelters that Scale: A crucial process between the disaster and relief response.

Typhoons and hurricanes, or more generally, tropical cyclones, are all spinning storms of high winds (sustained winds of 73 miles per hour or greater) and intense weather like thunderstorms. The only nominal difference is the ocean basin where they originate. The most alarming factor they all share is that the intensity and frequency of these cyclonic superstorms are increasing with climate change.

Accordingly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, climate change will lead to tropical cyclones with higher rainfall, greater intensity, and a greater proportion of high intensity (Category 4-5) storms. These changes are largely caused by warming ocean temperatures, which drive cyclonic storm activity. But sea-level rise also increases the damage caused by the storms by exacerbating the effects of storm surge, where waves generated by high winds inundate coastal areas. https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/

Global warming is a part of a larger frame of issue that accelerates these cyclones, but what eventually does not meet the eye is the number of people staying at these coasts who are susceptible to such disasters at large. The instantaneous displacement of a few hours threatens 1000s of lives and devastated homes across acres of land.  A need for a swift shelter protecting the human population during a disaster and post-disaster is a must. 

Deploy invites architects, designers, engineers, and student fraternity, from around the globe to take part in the world’s first-ever cyclone relief shelter design challenge. The Deploy is one of the world’s most coveted competitions recognizing design ideas for emergency shelters. It recognizes exceptional concepts that redefine quick shelter design through the implementation of innovative ideas, techniques, construction, visuals, and technology through architecture as a tool.

Deploy embarks itself on technological and engineering innovations which are about to go big, and sets architecture free to innovate more in these uncharted and heavily testing directions. It is one of its kind platforms that promote the wayfinding during the crucial time between the catastrophe and its relief response.

The jury for the competition consisted of esteemed designers, professionals, and academicians from around the world. The Lead Jurors for the competitions were as follows: 

Marius Miclaus, Principal / President, ARCHAEUS LTD, and ARCHAEUS Foundation, Romania

Saija Hollmén, Vice Dean for Art and Creative Practices, Aalto University, Finland

Fatima Fernandes, Co-founder, CANNATÀ & FERNANDES, Portugal

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Some of the Best of competition projects are:

 

Winning Project: FLOAT

By: Habiba Mukhtar

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Description: Reinterpreting standard cyclone shelter typology for rural areas in Bangladesh.

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Editor’s Choice: HEXA Living

By: Ya Ting Xu, Ava pouralborz & Patrick Angkiriwang

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Description: In times of emergency, empathy towards shelter occupants is often limited to physical security without regard for their social and psychological well-being. HEXA Living aims to address these concerns by providing an adaptable, and culturally specific design solution that allows occupants to take ownership of it by way of its construction using local material.

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Editor’s Choice: Cyclones

By: Mohamed Abdellatif, Zeynep Gül, Enes Inceoz & Kubra Karayel

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Description: Deploy emergency shelters that scale.

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Editor’s Choice: Elude

By: Sun Patkar

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Description: Cyclone resistance shelter.

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