WORKSHOP AxE. 2007 SRI LANKA, Trincomalee. Tsunami

PROBLEM

December 2004 was one of the biggest earthquake & tsunami of the modern times. It left 230.000 dead and millions of displaced persons.

Trincomalee: 340.000 inhabitants. 81.000 casualties, 9.300 lost their houses.

GOVERNMENT STRATEGY

Refugee camps away from the city.

SOLUTION STRATEGY

1.- Study different family groups to create a new tent according with each family.

Arquitectos: Jorge Lobos, Fernando Dowling, Camilo Palma y Universidad Andrés Bello Chile