Event Title
Haiti: Out of the Rubble
Location
Orchestra Room, Angelle Hall
Start Date
12-4-2014 10:45 AM
End Date
12-4-2014 11:45 AM
Description
The residents of Haiti require unique and sustainable solutions to provide stable housing following the 2010 earthquake. A system can be deployed that would enable the population to both clean up and construct safe and permanent homes from the rubble. Gabion wall systems have long been used for retaining, however, the conditions present in Haiti lend themselves to using the rubble to construct structural wall systems. This approach mobilizes the population and uses local resources. Haitians can earn wages from crushing and sorting rubble, and the gabion wall system requires minimal construction knowledge to assemble.
Haiti: Out of the Rubble
Orchestra Room, Angelle Hall
The residents of Haiti require unique and sustainable solutions to provide stable housing following the 2010 earthquake. A system can be deployed that would enable the population to both clean up and construct safe and permanent homes from the rubble. Gabion wall systems have long been used for retaining, however, the conditions present in Haiti lend themselves to using the rubble to construct structural wall systems. This approach mobilizes the population and uses local resources. Haitians can earn wages from crushing and sorting rubble, and the gabion wall system requires minimal construction knowledge to assemble.