INSPIRATION - POST TSUNAMI HOUSES BY SHIGERU BAN IN SRILANKA

This is one of the projects that caught my eye as the building is cost effective, uses natural materials and is easy to put together. although the design does not fit the context of my design I did find it interesting in the way the architect uses the materials.

The way the architect uses brick and wood in combination and observes the surrounding building language and tries to recreate it is something that I found very inspiring.

This project provides 100 houses in a Muslim fishing village, in the region of Tissamaharama, on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, following the destruction caused by the 2004 tsunami.

Shigeru Ban’s aim was to adapt the houses to their climate, to use local labour and materials to bring profit to the region, and to respond to the villagers’ own requirements through direct consultation. For example, kitchens and bathrooms are included within each house, as requested by the villagers, but a central covered area separates them from the living accommodation, as stipulated by the government.