Alsaffar, Lina;
Altamirano, Hector;
(2022)
Investigating Alternative Materials for Displacement Shelters, Using North-West Syria as an Example.
In:
Proceedings of the People and Buildings 11th Master Conference (MC2021/22).
(pp. pp. 1-6).
Energy and Climate Change Division - University of Southampton
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Abstract
Syria is home to one of the most intense deteriorations of civilian livelihood and security, ranking in the bottom 5 of civil unrest indices consistently since the 2012 uprising (Maplecroft, 2021). As of 2022, Syria accounts for over 14 million FDIs, 6.9 million being IDPs, predominantly on the north-western coast. With extreme weather events occurring at greater frequencies, the failure of humanitarian organization aid, specifically the tents, must be investigated for their resilience. With limited access to resources, due to disturbed supply chains and boarder conflict, the opportunity to investigate alternative local resource streams, to better shelter environments, is presented. This report investigates the potential of using food waste by-products as an alternative resource stream, combined with vernacular construction methods. Coffee grounds, nut shells, date seeds and chickpea water were used in different combinations with conventional earth materials, and subject to thermal, moisture and load tests.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investigating Alternative Materials for Displacement Shelters, Using North-West Syria as an Example |
| Event: | 11th Master Conference: People and Buildings |
| Dates: | 16th September 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://energy.soton.ac.uk/people-and-buildings-11... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | climate resilience, displacement, shelters, alternative resource streams, materialization |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163119 |
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