Reusing Non-Wearable Textiles in Disaster Areas

This thesis describes a design project of a shelter solution for disaster relief in cold climates with non-wearable textiles. KICI foundation is searching for applications to reuse old clothes which are not wearable. In a collaboration with the Dutch Red Cross, they want to find an application for textiles in the context of disaster relief. Post...

Study to the implementation process of a shelter program in post-disaster areas of Haiti, following the 2010 earthquake

Shelter programs are being implemented within Haiti by hundreds of Non-Governmental Organizations, but there is a lack of experience in shelter strategies confronting the urban living environment. A comparison on the implementation process of shelter programs, between the rural and urban context, would have to point out which difficulties a more...