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Monash Art, Design and Architecture Student Exhibition 2022

Christian Di Donato

In the event of a natural disaster, communities are affected on a multitude of scales; houses are destroyed, businesses are inoperable and common service buildings are inaccessible. Path To Place is a disaster response system that seeks to reinstate these ‘places’ through an initial temporary shelter that can expand and accommodate a variety of housing and community needs. Using prefabricated construction methods, iterations of the shelter can be deployed on existing public land, private lots and in clustered housing solutions made possible by an incentivised Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO).

Section Perspective: Initial Temporary Shelter

Formed with prefabricated SIP panels, Spantec Boxspan beams and a Surefoot Footing system, the temporary shelter separates its services from key habitable spaces to allow for efficient construction and water distribution.

Plan Perspective: Initial Temporary Shelter

The shelter contains essential areas for living, sleeping and working whilst designating a specific zone for service spaces. This includes a kitchen space, bathroom, water tank, hot water system and an energy storage battery.

Site Diagram: Myrtleford

Across public, private and shared land, Path To Place was envisioned throughout a typical suburban block in Myrtleford. In a series of sizes and configurations, shelters have been deployed as home dwellings, cafes, restaurants, markets and a community school.

Site Plan & Section: Myrtleford

Whilst private shelters are contained within existing lots and boundaries, public and shared shelters adopt primary paths to guide occupants through a recovering community. These paths provide access to essential services and opportunities for local businesses to resume operation.

Public & Private Shelters

View from within an open shelter deployed as a public food market intersected by the primary path. Alternatively, shelters may be privately acquired as a home office, studio or additional sleeping space.

Shared Shelters: Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO)

Illustration of a shared shelter cluster made possible by a Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO) scheme. Through an incentivised lot subdivision, additional housing is created for renters or uninsured homeowners who lack the financial capacity to immediately rebuild affected dwellings.

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