This thesis proposes desgning an emergency shelter that provides a sense of place to those who have lost almost everything. This structure is referred to as a s.e.e.d. shelter. The acronym s.e.e.d. stands for Sustainably Engineered Environment Development Shelter. The overall goal of The s.e.e.d. is to help provide a solution to the ongoing problem with the relief strategy currently in use in the United States. The existing system, which puts families in portable trailer homes for extended periods of time, doesn’t work. Although the s.e.e.d. does not attempt solve the entire issue, it may be a possible design solution to the housing issue and can lead to helping others and the eventual re-working of the existing relief strategy employed.
These sustainable structures will be designed in a quickly produced, non-costly pre-manufactured fashion. They will be adaptable based on needs of the area suffering, and expandable based on the needs of the family. This temporary shelter would allow for the growth of a new structure on an existing site and allow for a small group of people with limited knowledge of construction the ability to erect it quickly. Each s.e.e.d. will provide a platform to add to it as the needs of the structure or the needs of the family change.
This developmental structure would be made up of two developable parts and require a minimum group effort from the community or relief efforts group. The {s.e.e.d.} Shelter would be the core unit to the larger built structure. This larger structure or The {s.e.e.d.} Home would then be built around the core structure and develop the home on a family needs basis. It could then create a way for the family to get involved quickly in the rebuilding of their own home as well as other homes in the neighborhood. The {s.e.e.d.} System will allow for a new sense of place to be re-rooted in both that of the family and of the community.
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