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Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran

Earthquake damages are immeasurable. To cope with losses, especially when it involves thousands of victims is not easy. Often, the survivors need immediate shelter and counselling especially when the lost involved homes and their love ones. This paper discusses transformation of temporary shelters...

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Main Authors: Dola, Kamariah, Parva, MMohammad
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Published: Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32934/1/TRANSFORMATION%20OF%20EARTHQUAKE%20DISASTER%20VICTIMS%E2%80%99%20SHELTER%20INTO%20SUSTAINABLE%20HOME%20THE%20CASE%20OF%20LAR%20CITY%2C%20IRAN.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.329342015-10-08T08:32:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32934/ Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran Dola, Kamariah Parva, MMohammad Earthquake damages are immeasurable. To cope with losses, especially when it involves thousands of victims is not easy. Often, the survivors need immediate shelter and counselling especially when the lost involved homes and their love ones. This paper discusses transformation of temporary shelters for earthquake victims into a more sustainable home, using the case of Lar city in Iran. The paper cantered on the issue of mismatch of the design of the shelter with occupants’ socio-cultural needs that resulted dissatisfaction among occupants leading to various transformation designs and chaotic facades. The study documents transformation of 365 immediate shelters into what the owners finally called homes over a period of more than 40 years. Methodology involves document analysis of maps and records during the occupancy period, observation, questionnaire survey and interviews. This paper concludes that majority of transformations were into traditional architectural design. This paper suggests that to improve residents’ satisfaction for future development for housing for disaster victims, consideration of socio-culture of local and user needs should be given priority to avoid dissatisfaction and further house transformation cost Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32934/1/TRANSFORMATION%20OF%20EARTHQUAKE%20DISASTER%20VICTIMS%E2%80%99%20SHELTER%20INTO%20SUSTAINABLE%20HOME%20THE%20CASE%20OF%20LAR%20CITY%2C%20IRAN.pdf application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32934/7/Transformation%20of%20earthquake%20disaster%20victims.pdf Dola, Kamariah and Parva, MMohammad (2012) Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran. ALAM CIPTA, International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research & Practice, 5 (2). pp. 55-64. ISSN 1823-7231; ESSN: 2289-3687 http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/31/70
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description Earthquake damages are immeasurable. To cope with losses, especially when it involves thousands of victims is not easy. Often, the survivors need immediate shelter and counselling especially when the lost involved homes and their love ones. This paper discusses transformation of temporary shelters for earthquake victims into a more sustainable home, using the case of Lar city in Iran. The paper cantered on the issue of mismatch of the design of the shelter with occupants’ socio-cultural needs that resulted dissatisfaction among occupants leading to various transformation designs and chaotic facades. The study documents transformation of 365 immediate shelters into what the owners finally called homes over a period of more than 40 years. Methodology involves document analysis of maps and records during the occupancy period, observation, questionnaire survey and interviews. This paper concludes that majority of transformations were into traditional architectural design. This paper suggests that to improve residents’ satisfaction for future development for housing for disaster victims, consideration of socio-culture of local and user needs should be given priority to avoid dissatisfaction and further house transformation cost
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Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran
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title Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran
title_short Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran
title_full Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran
title_fullStr Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of Lar City, Iran
title_sort transformation of earthquake disaster victims' shelter into sustainable home: the case of lar city, iran
publisher Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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