LECTURE 6 Responsive and Responsible Architecture

Responsive and Responsible
architecture
Considerate design
Key points
• Humanitarian architecture
• Responsible architecture
– Socially responsible architecture
• Sustainable architecture
Responsive & Responsible architecture …
Humanitarian Architecture
• Seeking architectural solutions for humanitarian

crises and bringing professional design services to
communities in need.
• Characteristics of humanitarian architecture:

- Encourages community participation
- Uses local materials and labour
- Sustainable and environmentally responsive
Humanitarian architecture…
Paper log house, Low cost
shelters for victims of disaster across
the world
Architect – Shigeru Ban
Paper log house, Kobe, Japan

Paper log house, Dhaneti,
India
• The first shelter design of Shigeru Ban
was in 1995 Kobe, Japan. The paper
log house was the solution for Kobe
earthquake victims as a temporary
home where they could feel safe
and warm.
Takatori church, Kobe,
Japan
Humanitarian architecture…
Paper nursery school Sichuan, China

Architect – Shigeru Ban
• The recycled paper tube structures

are used to build the school after
Sichuan was hit by earthquake.
Responsible Architecture
• is a term concerned with sustainable or green

architecture where the building materials and
construction processes do not harm the
environment in any way.
• It does not consume high amounts of power in form
of electricity and neither produce any
pollution/littering, and thus are energy efficient.
Socially responsible architecture
• involves listening to community needs and creating

spaces that address those needs.
• It reflects a sensitivity towards social, cultural and

environmental issues and in doing so aims to have a
positive impact on the development of society.
Socially responsible architecture
Quinta Monroy housing,

Iquique, Chile
Architects – Alejandro Aravena,
founder of ELEMENTAL
• The challenge a housing project was

to build decent homes for families
when there was little money left for
the housing after purchasing land.
• When there is not enough money to
build a comfortably sized home for a
family, the market response is to simply
make them smaller.
Socially responsible architecture …
• On this projects instead of building
smaller homes, architects asked why
don’t we build half of a good,
comfortably sized one?
- This ‘half-a-house’ designed by ELEMENTAL
was essentially the core of a home, the half
that the residents couldn’t build on their
own.
• The initial dwellings (the designed half

house) were double-height, robust
concrete block structures fitted out with
the very basics — a kitchen, bathroom,
some partition walls, and an internal
timber stair.
Quinta Monroy housing, Iquique, Chile

Socially responsible architecture …
• Each of these box-like

structures alternated with
an empty space of exactly
the same size.
• In this opening the family
could expand their own
home, configuring the
space however they
desired.
Section Plan
Quinta Monroy housing, Iquique, Chile

Sustainable architecture
• is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative

environmental impact of buildings by efficiency
and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and
development space and the ecosystem.
Sustainable architecture uses a conscious
approach to energy and ecological conservation
in the design of the built environment.
Sustainable architecture …
The METI Handmade School

Location - Rudrapur , Bangladesh
Architects - Anna Heringer and Eike
Roswag (technical planning)
- Exemplary sustainable architecture,

the project received the Aga Khan
Award for Architecture in 2007
The METI Handmade School, Rudrapur , Bangladesh

- The METI Handmade School was built with the assistance of local
craftsmen making use of traditional materials, primarily mud and bamboo.
- It is a design based on regional construction methods and local

materials but introducing new approaches for efficiency and structural
integrity.
Makoko floating school, Lagos, Nigeria Architects – KunleAdeyemi
The Makoko floating school comprises alternative sustainable design to

adapt to the resident communities' aquatic lifestyle. The floating school
utilizes local materials such as bamboo, timber and resources to produce
architecture that applies to the physical, social needs of people and
reflects the culture of the community.
The structure uses

about 250 plastic
barrels to float on
water.
The Makoko Floating school prototype structure was adversely affected by

heavy rain, and collapsed in 2016. An improvement on the building
prototype will be used as replacement.
Makoko Floating School II at the Venice

Biennale

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Responsive and Responsible

• Seeking architectural solutions for humanitarian

• Characteristics of humanitarian architecture:

Paper log house, Kobe, Japan

Paper nursery school Sichuan, China

• The recycled paper tube structures

• is a term concerned with sustainable or green

Socially responsible architecture

• involves listening to community needs and creating

• It reflects a sensitivity towards social, cultural and

Quinta Monroy housing,

• The challenge a housing project was

• The initial dwellings (the designed half

Quinta Monroy housing, Iquique, Chile

• Each of these box-like

Quinta Monroy housing, Iquique, Chile

• is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative

The METI Handmade School

- Exemplary sustainable architecture,

The METI Handmade School, Rudrapur , Bangladesh

- It is a design based on regional construction methods and local

Makoko floating school, Lagos, Nigeria Architects – KunleAdeyemi

The Makoko floating school comprises alternative sustainable design to

The structure uses

The Makoko Floating school prototype structure was adversely affected by

Makoko Floating School II at the Venice

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