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Renai House is built in immediately after the earthquake and has Renai House has a flexible plan that can accommodate all phase of reconstruction. At first, it protects the people as an emergency shelter. (2) Next, it provides a large space to the community by construction of temporary tent and LVL stressed skin panel. (3)(4) Finally, after city reconstruction, it is converted to a full house (5)

Flexible Plan for the Reconstruction System

Universality of Urban Seeds

1. Application to various building types

By lamination or recombinant, Urban Seeds can be applied to various building types to reconstruct a city as well as housing. This is a proposal of the reconstruction of the elementary school that was destroyed by the tsunami. Construction period not only reduced, it is possible to adapt flexibly in response to a change of the number of students in the future. 

2. Localization by vernacular housing

Urban seeds can adapt to various climate by local materials and construction mehods in the land, which have been transported. This is a public space for community, it is assumed that Indonesia was damaged by tsunami. By to combine the exterior of a porous of rattan and structure of bamboo in urban seeds, house adapted to the hot and humid climate is created.

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