Disaster Resilient
Architecture and design approaches that help communities withstand, recover from, and adapt to disasters and crises.
RESILE-UBUNTU: Circular Courtyard Neighborhoods for Widows and Children in Kandahar
A shortlisted Resile entry that layers home, courtyard, cluster and commons so that safety and shared daily life can rebuild a community together.
Resile: A Walled Settlement in Kandahar Where Widows Rebuild Daily Life Around a Shared Agora
Anna Lena Reier borrows the hierarchy of the traditional Afghan city, from protective wall to cardo and agora, to shape a gradual path to recovery.
Resile: A Courtyard Community in Raw Earth for Afghan War Widows and Their Children
A shortlisted proposal that turns the courtyard into a protected neighbourhood of earthen homes, gardens and shared institutions for widowed families.
Resile: A Clay Village Where Independence Does Not Mean Isolation
A settlement of 20 clay buildings for families affected by conflict, where shared courtyards and bridges keep independence from becoming isolation.
Community Based Development, Jamuna Riverbank: Stilted Bamboo Homes for a Village That Floods Every Year
Raised on concrete pillars and bamboo frames, clustered homes around shared courtyards let Sirajganj's river families stay put through monsoon floods.
Commune Ark: Floating Settlements That Refuse to Retreat from the Floodplain
A modular housing system along a 1 km embankment reimagines river delta communities as adaptive, buoyant clusters rather than victims of displacement.
Submergence Displacement Rehabilitation: Rethinking Resettlement as Cultural Continuity
A cluster-based resettlement framework that preserves village identity, kinship patterns, and agrarian livelihoods for communities displaced by India's Ken
স্থিৰ (Sthir): 3D-Printed Housing That Rebuilds Assam from the Ground Up
A modular, earth-based housing system for flood-prone Assam that fuses 3D printing technology with bamboo, rainwater harvesting, and courtyard-driven commu
In Transition: Adaptive Disaster-Relief Shelters for Dense Urban Community Recovery
Humanitarian Architecture, Community Resilience
Adaptation of post-war civilian shelters as a tool of contemporary protective architecture
From forgotten relics to foundations of resilient cities
A Dialogue with Nature: Stilt-Based Housing That Accepts Flooding Instead of Fighting It
A shortlisted HEAL+ entry proposes 100 elevated housing units organized around water-absorbing pits and permeable street networks in flood-prone terrain.
Directing the Flood: Designing a Neighborhood That Channels Water Instead of Fighting It
Ekaterina Popova's flood-resilient urban plan uses sunken streets and landscape reservoirs to let water move through the city on its own terms.
