Impact/Purpose:

The Initiative reCOVER TDRH project focuses on the design, fabrication and testing of a transitional disaster recovery housing prototype. As part of an established multi-year partnership with Building Goodness Foundation, and the Arup Cause Program, Initiative reCOVER is developing a disaster recovery shelter design as a prefabricated, panelized system that can be deployed as a flat-packed unit. The primary objective of this project is to introduce improvements and innovations in post-disaster recovery housing utilizing highly integrated prefabricated, panelized building components with a focus on sustainable materials, manufacturing practices, and passive design.

Description:

The intended results of this disaster recovery shelter prototype project are first, to address the urgent need for improved transitional housing stock for future disaster recovery efforts; second, to provide architecture and engineering students with an opportunity to learn from hands-on experiences of working on critical, community-based, applied research design problems and address design criteria of functionality, sustainability, and environmental performance; and third, to development a shelter design that combines the high quality and precision of off-site construction with sustainable strategies of manufacturing, deployment, installation, and reuse.

Record Details:

Record Type:PROJECT( ABSTRACT )

Start Date:08/15/2010

Completion Date:08/14/2011

Record ID: 249235

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Role :OWNER

Organization Name :UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - MAIN CAMPUS

Citation :Charlottesville

State :VA

Zip Code :22903

Project Information:

Approach :

In partnership with Building Goodness Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the architecture and engineering firm Arup (The Arup Cause), and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Initiative reCOVER, a University of Virginia School of Architecture program, focuses students’ attention on the research, design development, fabrication, and testing of prefabricated, transitional disaster recovery housing. Lessons in conventional constructional methods and emerging digital fabrication techniques are synthesized to teach students sound foundational principles and skill sets.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Approach :

In partnership with Building Goodness Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the architecture and engineering firm Arup (The Arup Cause), and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Initiative reCOVER, a University of Virginia School of Architecture program, focuses students’ attention on the research, design development, fabrication, and testing of prefabricated, transitional disaster recovery housing. Lessons in conventional constructional methods and emerging digital fabrication techniques are synthesized to teach students sound foundational principles and skill sets.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :P3 Challenge Area - Energy

Approach :

In partnership with Building Goodness Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the architecture and engineering firm Arup (The Arup Cause), and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Initiative reCOVER, a University of Virginia School of Architecture program, focuses students’ attention on the research, design development, fabrication, and testing of prefabricated, transitional disaster recovery housing. Lessons in conventional constructional methods and emerging digital fabrication techniques are synthesized to teach students sound foundational principles and skill sets.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :P3 Challenge Area - Built Environment

Project IDs:

ID Code :SU834731

Project type :EPA Grant