Designing for Disaster Relief: Tajikistan

The objective of this project was to choose a location and a natural disaster that took place in that area. My partner, Megan Pharmer and I chose one of the poorer countries in Central Asia called Tajikistan. The climate changes easily from hot to cold so avalanches are most likely to occur and destroy homes.

The solution to provide temporary homes was Super Adobe homes designed by Architect Nadar Khalili. This home is cheap and affordable because the only materials needed are barbed wire and sand bags; the sand bags would be filled with local land.

"To heal what nature has done is nature itself." - Nkojoua & Megan

This video was also submitted for the Designing for Disaster Relief Competition.