Disastrous Opportunities: Designing for post-hurricane adaptivity using low carbon construction methods on the destroyed site of Belle Creole, St Martin: a construction research center

Disasters are perceived as singular apocalyptical events that rely on vernacular shifts that are often too slow to adapt before the next hurricane hits. This thesis redefines hurricanes as an opportunity to innovate in new ways of building that take advantage of the ensuing scarcities and limitation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moreau, Sacha
Other Authors: Mazereeuw, Miho
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150223