Title: Humanitarian architecture : 15 stories of architects working after disaster /
Authors: Charlesworth, Esther Ruth,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Architecture Human factors; Architectural practice Moral and ethical aspects.; Humanitarian assistance; Natural disasters; Architects Interviews; Architekt.; Architektur; Humanitäre Hilfe
Abstract: Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. In 2011, more people were displaced by natural disasters (42 million) than by wars and armed conflicts. And yet the number of architects equipped to deal with rebuilding the aftermath of these floods, fires, earthquake, typhoons and tsunamis is chronically short. This book documents and analyses the expanding role for architects in designing projects for communities after the event of a natural disaster.
Contents: Part One: Private practice-based humanitarian architects -- Part Two: University-based humanitarian architects -- Part Three: NGO and international development-based architects.