Andres Duany Devises Prefabs for Homeless Haitians
January 29, 2010 | Levent OZLER
Andres Duany, the famed Miami architect, has designed a basic, inexpensive and easy-to-assemble house that could shelter thousands of displaced Haitians.
Duany, who helped develop the prefabricated "Katrina Cottage'' as an alternative to the widely criticized FEMA trailers, has devised a light, expandable "core house'' for Haiti's homeless that can stand up to earthquakes and hurricanes.
It even meets Miami-Dade's tough building code, he says.
The house, which would sleep eight in a bunkhouse arrangement, could be easily shipped to Haiti in a package less than two-feet thick, and assembled by local laborers in a matter of hours, Duany said.
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