Kerala Floods
Design and architectural responses to flooding in Kerala, addressing resilience, recovery, and community adaptation.
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.
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.
COMMUNITY HOUSING
Build unit micro-neighborhood for 100 families, with a case of use established in Aluva. At a point of time in a post flood scenario, where people are rebuilding their partially damanged/wiped-out /degraded homes.
NavJeevan
Our concept of Kerala Regenerative Housing is based on the idea of compactness along with interaction with nature, where each housing unit has been designed keeping in mind environmental sustainability. It adopts the idea of utilizing waste, local material and vernacular architecture characteristics.
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.
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.
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.
Building resilient and sustainable communities
The project proposes scalable urban, landscape and housing interventions that will help the neighborhoods to survive in future flood crisis, bring the community together by enhancing the public space but also to create a more sustainable modular neighborhood that considers the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
REBUILDING KERALA - Flood Resilient Planning and Architecture- A case of Uliyannoor Village
Rebuilding Kerala is a competition entry at a very conceptual level of finding ideas and tangible solutions for regenerative housing in this region which witnessed one of the most devastating floods in August 2018. Through this project the Architect seeks to find solutions keeping in mind the socio-cultural and economic character of the region.
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.
Kanikonna: Flower Anatomy as a Blueprint for Flood-Resilient Settlements in Kerala
A shortlisted HEAL+ entry maps the Kanikonna flower's petals, stem, and ovary onto community clusters designed to survive flooding.
Heal+: Regenerative Housing That Turns Kerala's Floodwaters into Community Resilience
A modular master plan for Aluva combines terraced rice paddies, elevated housing, and civic shelters to rebuild after Kerala's devastating monsoons.
Refloat Kerala: Housing That Rises with the Water, Not Against It
A floating urban strategy for Aluva's flood-prone river basin, weaving elevated walkways, water channels, and 100 adaptive housing modules.
PREF_SHELTER: Modular Flood Architecture Rooted in Kerala's Boat-Building Traditions
A phased disaster shelter system uses precast concrete, bamboo reinforcement, and traditional shipcraft to rebuild flood-ravaged communities in Kerala.
Amphibious Commons: Flood-Resilient Housing That Treats Water as Ally, Not Enemy
A regenerative neighborhood model for Kerala that floats with floods and anchors community life through vernacular wisdom and bamboo construction.
A Manual for Kerala: Resilient Urban Systems Woven from Social Networks and Flood Ecology
An adaptable post-flood reconstruction framework for Aluva that links community stakeholders, safe structures, and green infrastructure into a citywide res
Cocoon Project: Flood-Resilient Architecture Rooted in Kerala's Water Landscape
A shortlisted HEAL+ entry transforms step-wells, mangroves, and shipping containers into a layered system of flood resilience for Kerala.
Courtyards and Chinampas: Flood-Resilient Water Urbanism for Kerala's River Island
A masterplan for 100 households on the Aluva river island integrates courtyard living with chinampa agriculture to absorb, filter, and slow floodwater.
Reincarnation: Floating Bamboo Housing That Dissolves and Reforms with Kerala's Floods
A modular bamboo architecture system that disperses during floods and regroups after, merging drone rescue technology with cultural refuge.
