Dr Bernardino D'Amico B.D'Amico@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
SHELTERs: Sustainable Homes Enabling the Long Term Empowerment of Refugees
People Involved
Prof Francesco Pomponi F.Pomponi2@napier.ac.uk
Visiting Professor
Prof Mark Huxham M.Huxham@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Project Description
This project addresses this major moral, humanitarian, and knowledge gap by following on from a highly successful seed-funded project, which developed—through participatory design and interdisciplinary research—a shelter prototype called Makazi (winner at the UK 2019 RISE Awards). This follow-on project allows building full-scale Makazi in four different countries (Jordan, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa) through strong and constant engagement with users and stakeholders. We will collect unprecedented primary data on as-built life cycle costs and environmental impacts, whilst assessing users comfort and the social suitability of our five regional variants developed form the core Makazi concept.
| Type of Project | P04 - Research Charities and Trusts |
|---|---|
| Project Acronym | SHELTERs |
| Status | Project Complete |
| Funder(s) | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Value | £314,324.00 |
| Project Dates | Mar 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2025 |
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