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Kerala's monsoon floods present ongoing challenges for housing, infrastructure, and communities. Designers and architects working in this space develop solutions that balance immediate recovery needs with long-term resilience, exploring how built environments can coexist with seasonal water systems rather than resist them.

The community examines flood-resilient housing typologies, adaptive renovation strategies, and nature-inspired design approaches. Projects range from flexible emergency shelters and elevated residential models to regenerative systems that integrate floodwaters as resources for community benefit.

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UNI22 works

UNI Editorial2 works

Thejasetuo Sote1 work

Aparna Lakshmy Krishnan1 work

Vidushi and 3 others

358

SYMBIOSIS

The design proposes self sustaining neighbourhoods which are a result of self sustaining households. The neighbourhood is planned in sync, all houses are dependant on an aerial avenue running along the backyard of the dwelling units and consequently on each other. The aerial avenue allows connectivity to places even during floods.

Aswin and 4 others

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Safe (X)

A planning outline for scalable 100 units regenerative community housing model is proposed and the strategies are refined from a Master plan level to dwelling unit level, along with an action plan for functionally surviving the flood. Safe (X) is a unique model which can be adapted in any location which ensures the safety of all communities considered.

Manika

HOPE

The project presents low cost, regenerative housing strategies for faster rehabilitation to a recovering Aluva. Suggestive prototypes rooted to context are proposed.

Aniyara

HEAL - INOVATION IN RENOVATION OF FLOOD AFFECTED

With around 120?140 rainy days per year, Kerala has a wet and maritime tropical climate influenced by the seasonal heavy rains of the southwest summer monsoon and northeast winter monsoon. Around 65% of the rainfall occurs from June to August corresponding to the Southwest monsoon, and the rest from September to December corresponding to Northeast monsoon.

Shalaaka

FLOODED MEMORIES

They lost their home, they lost their loved ones, they lost photographs, their property, documents and everything they owned in the flood that was like never before.

Elchin and KUTSAL EBRAR

A flexible and economic bandage for Aluva

Inspired by the traditional boats of Kerala and the principle of Vastu Shastra, the prototype was designed as a flexible, multi-functional, economic and 'easy to construct' floating structure which works according to the level of the flood. It's using local and sustainable materials and can be transposed everywhere during emergency cases.

UNI Editorial

publishedNews6 months ago

Dr. Mukundan House by RGB Architecture Studio: Flood-Resilient Urban Residence in Kollam, India

Dr. Mukundan House in Kollam is a flood-resilient, multigenerational home with terraces, natural ventilation, solar energy, and seamless indoor-outdoor connectivity.

Kerala Floods

Housing