799Commune ArkA Disaster Resilient, Self Reliant Habitat for Flood-affected Displacees Scale - Modular Site Area - 200000 sq. m Gross Floor Area - 24,940 sq. m Footprint Area - 11,395 sq. m No. of buildings - 217 (along 1 km stretch of embankment) Typology - Floating, Residential, Infrastructure Site Context - Low lying River Deltas
2111Plug and SpreadIn the 21st century alone, natural disasters have killed over 600,000 people, and have left even more homeless according to UNISDR. The Plug House is derived based on the logic of deconstructing and simplifying the core spaces of the house and a study of the vernacular housing of Kerala.
