Renewable housing-VN: Bamboo potentials

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dc.contributor.advisorEl-Dahdah, Faresen_US
dc.creatorTang, Florenceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-25T01:38:21Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-07-25T01:38:21Zen_US
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractLife at water's edge is idyllic when nature is calm. But how can shelter, a basic human need, adapt and respond in situations of natural disaster and post-disaster? The state of how we live with water---with various phases of stability, interference, and transition---repeat and intermingle and demonstrate nature's cyclical ways. By studying a third world site that seasonally floods (the Mekong River Delta region in southern Viet Nam), this thesis proposal investigates the extra small scale of alluvial semi-permanent housing. Structural lightness, material flexibility, and renewability are key, hence the choice of bamboo as a construction material. Another consideration would be assemblage and construction for rapid deployment in post-disaster/emergency/temporary situations such as refugee housing, construction worker housing, etc. Coupled with this investigation are the various implications of economic, environmental, geopolitical and cultural factors affecting those whose livelihoods are intricately tied to living at water's edge.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2009 TANGen_US
dc.identifier.citationTang, Florence. "Renewable housing-VN: Bamboo potentials." (2009) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61819">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61819</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2618en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/61819en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectGeographyen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectArtsen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.titleRenewable housing-VN: Bamboo potentialsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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