Habit.us

Morales Aragon, Alvaro Adolfo | 2020

Habit.us is a multi-criteria emerging housing solution that arises from the need to generate decent and quality housing for communities at risk that have suffered any type of natural disaster or social conflict. Under the parameters of a decent home, which in many cases does not respond adequately to such situations, due to the lack of privacy and basic sanitation in many shelters for affected people. Currently it is clear that one of the main global problems is the forced displacement of people by emergency situations caused by natural disasters and social conflicts, taking into account that over time climate change makes these disasters occur more frequently and a greater impact of damage which drag the affected people towards a temporary homelessness and in some cases permanent with the total loss of the home. On many occasions, the wait is not carried out in a dignified way, carrying out multiple relocations in schools, stadiums, refugee camps, etc. Based on this, Habit.us proposes, through bioclimatic design, a new concept of emergent housing that adapts to both the specific needs of people and the topographic characteristics where it is implanted; thus generating greater adaptability to the new environment where they live. Understanding that the emergency does not obey specific points on the planet, the Habit.us model seeks not to be linked to a defined territory, on the contrary, it aims to be able to be implemented anywhere where it may be required.