A Study of the Construction of Emergency Temporary Housing

• Main Authors: Cheng Jen, 任成
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42343943724298000883

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 98 === Taiwan is located in an area where typhoon and earthquake strike often. Due to global climate change, and extreme rainfall deteriorating, the landscape of this island has been seriously damaged. Lately, lack of soil conservation and negligence of good infrastructure quality, the damages of home, property, and human lives have turned into a regular loss. The Chi-chi earthquake in 1999, and the 88 flooding in 2009 that destroyed whole Shao-ling Village, are still the deeply sorrowful catastrophes memorized by the people of Taiwan. Large quantity of temporary housing shall be provided for survivor’s resettlement when such natural disaster occurs. General speaking, survivors spend 2 to 3 years dwelling in such temporary housings before permanent residence can be rebuilt. The structure of these shelters, their interiors and related facilities, that form the basic condition for years, are important to those users that suffer tremendous physical and psychological harm. This study, aiming at two major disasters mentioned above, compare different kinds of temporary housings. Provided by three different sources, local charity organizations, Japan government, and Taiwan Red Cross Organization, that assemble shelters donated by PRC government. By comparison of these three temporary housings, this study focuses on proposing design guideline for a more economical, more easily constructive, and more comfortable structure that can be built. The methodologies used in this thesis, are Information Collection Method, Field Investigation Method and Comparison and Analysis Method. The records of 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake, published by Prefab Association, with specification and design drawings, provided the basic information for this study. My experience of the temporary housing construction for the Shao-lin villagers, who survivor in the 88 flooding, will also form a part of this study. The thesis, that compare and analyze these three different kinds of temporary housings, deliberates the physical, and architectural performance items, looks for resolution to improve the system. Within the field investigation, different assembly methods of Chinese teams and local teams were observed and recorded. These influence factors, those relate to the working habit and the workmanship to build temporary housing, were obtained. The data help to outline the methods for building a better quality, speedy constructed housings. The thesis proposes supports, by comparison and analysis, a guideline for the emergency housing requirement of Taiwan. This thesis looks for providing adequate reference to related parties, that a more efficient means of building temporary housing, can be adopted when serious natural disaster occurs.