An historical study on temporary and emergency post-disaster housing

Abstract

During recent years, the number of natural and non-natural disasters has drastically increased, due to the climate change, causing great damages on buildings and a high number of homeless people. However, post-disaster temporary housing solutions seem to have sustainability problems. Through a historical excursus, this work aims to analyse the steps that led to the current idea of temporary housing, in order to evaluate its functional and constructive characteristics. Finally, some considerations on improving thermal environment inside temporary housings are discussed.

Sustainability and innovation in constructions intended for emergency housing

“…The concept of temporary housing dates to the first archetype of housing of primitive populations, i.e. the tent, featured by temporariness and sustainability [1].…”

“…Il concetto di abitazione temporanea risale al primo archetipo di alloggio delle popolazioni primitive, i.e. la tenda, dotata di caratteristiche di temporaneità e sostenibilità [1]. Una svolta basilare nel campo dell'alloggio temporaneo risiede sicuramente nella nascita della prefabbricazione.…”