Disaster Evacuation Center with multipurpose functions

Problem Area - Damage by Wind

Created at: 15 May 2022

Description

  1. 8m x 12m building constructed with four bedrooms to be used by families seeking temporary living space whilst reconstructing wind damaged housing

  2. One large central multifunction room to be used as a meeting space in times of disaster, DRR training venue or be used by families as additional living space if all other rooms are full

  3. Male and female sanitation facilities with water connected from existing distribution network

  4. Wind resilient hipped roof design, with trusses fastened to wall columns with reinforcement bars, brackets used on timber roof joints, 0.38mm thick zinc roofing fastened by ribbed roofing nails and roofing screws

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