Innovative sheltering 1 Recent disasters in Indonesia
- (map of where)
- housing for tsunamic disaster victims in Aceh (Prof. Dr. Ir. Happy Santosa MSc, Lab of Housing and Human Settlements.)
- many areas, no access, no assessment, no support
- developed a house for this context
- small timber frame house with a corrugated metal roof
- principle - special house design / tech that an ordinary person can do with little support
- any person can build
- can be applied for any purpose, based on simple and effective module
- 26 sq meter house, for 4 persons, in one day using planks and nails
- needs only a hand saw and a hammer
- core module is a 4x5m main room with toilet, kitchen linked on rear terrace
- can be extended up to 8x5 meter.
- it's a monolithic main frame (looks like a big roof truss) with 35x35cm pillar foundations
- cost about $1500 including tools
- shelter for mud volcano disaster victims (!)
- oil well accident swamped four villages, thousands of homes gone
- temp housing is the priority
- social aspects revealed as huse
- community do not want to leave home, stress of losing their ordinary lives, safety in return in doubt
- rehouse/relocate/resettle process
- needs housing resources
- living sustenance, community developemtn
- design, requirement, price
- (diagram of process, with extensive community involvement. looks quite sophisticated, can't reproduce in text notes.)
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| Cite as | Vinay Gupta (2007–2025). "Innovative sheltering 1 Recent disasters in Indonesia". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |