Master’ s Thesis (Academic Year 2012)

Research on Relationships between Construction Methods of Temporary Architecture
for Emergency and Constructional Organization of Volunteers
Summary
The objective of this research is about the relationship between required construction methods of temporary
architecture for emergency and constructional organizations after natural disasters and disputes occur.
The existence of The Great East Japan Earthquake and refugee camp creates opportunities to recognize
anew that the importance of temporary architecture for emergency is prompt and precise support. Except forarchitecture that administration corresponds, many of temporary architecture for emergency are carried andconstructed by volunteers. After the Great Hanshin Earthquake, voluntary activities in Japan have established,
and a large number of volunteers work on support activities for the Great East Japan Earthquake. However,throughout practice cases, the voluntary activities are gratuitous work, and it becomes hard to build hierarchicalsystem to create organization.
On the other hand, there are many cases of temporary architecture for emergency which their construction
methods need to be reconsidered. The causes are pointed out; required construction methods are different
from general architecture, cost issues and construction period are under severe conditions, and there are many
chances of volunteers who construct to be amateurs. Furthermore, depending on the methods of construction,requirements of constructional organization vary. It is necessary to clarify the relationship between construction
methods of temporary architecture for emergency and constructional organization of volunteers.
First, as to five temporary architectures for emergency the present writer practiced so far, information flow
diagrams of each project through the processes of construction are represented based on archives andinformation from the persons concerned. The result of the information flow diagram is used to schematized andclarified constructional organizations. Secondly, a construction method is determined as an assembly ofconstructional strategies. The strategies are categorized and clarified within the categories. The clarification ofconstructional organizations and characteristics of constructional strategies are analyzed in order to derive therelationship of each other. Thirdly, the relationship of constructional organization and construction methods areexamined to describe how they function and effect on a project as a whole.
By analyzing and examining the consequences, clarification of the relationship between construction strategies
and constructional organization leads to examine the relationship between construction methods andconstructional organization. The result becomes beneficial knowledge and consequences toward organizing a
constructional organization and designing temporary architecture for emergency hereafter. Moreover, theresearch indicates that it is possible to apply the result not only to the temporary architecture for emergency,
but also to general architecture.

Keywords
1. Temporary Architecture for Emergency

2. Volunteer

4.Constructional Organizations

3.Construction Methods

5.Flow of Information

Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance
Wataru Doi