Comments on: Port-au-Prince Could Be Recycled and Rebuilt From Itself http://inhabitat.com/port-au-prince-could-be-recycled-and-rebuilt-from-itself/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: heyheybarnett http://inhabitat.com/port-au-prince-could-be-recycled-and-rebuilt-from-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-210606 heyheybarnett Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:59:07 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=90861#comment-210606 Google up "gabion house" and get a whole new idea how the rubble could be used to make a totally alternative housing structure. Granted, some of the designs are high dollar concepts, just think what you could do with massive, inexpensive building blocks in Haiti. Think of the benefits: use of existing materials, hurricane resistant structures due to overall mass, earthquake resistance -- there aren't too many things more earthquake proof, can be built by unskilled labor, thermal storage, violence resistance, etc. I can't help but think the people of Haiti and the volunteers are apt to repeat the past by building housing that will certainly be ill-suited to hurricanes, civil unrest, and future earthquakes. Google up “gabion house” and get a whole new idea how the rubble could be used to make a totally alternative housing structure. Granted, some of the designs are high dollar concepts, just think what you could do with massive, inexpensive building blocks in Haiti. Think of the benefits: use of existing materials, hurricane resistant structures due to overall mass, earthquake resistance — there aren’t too many things more earthquake proof, can be built by unskilled labor, thermal storage, violence resistance, etc. I can’t help but think the people of Haiti and the volunteers are apt to repeat the past by building housing that will certainly be ill-suited to hurricanes, civil unrest, and future earthquakes.

]]> By: peti fa http://inhabitat.com/port-au-prince-could-be-recycled-and-rebuilt-from-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-210555 peti fa Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:33:57 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=90861#comment-210555 Hi, Germany was rebuild by the so called Trümmerfrauen (rumblewomen), malnutritioned as they were they worked long hours to regain material from the carpet bombed and erased inner cities and cultural monuments. I assume the foundation for the economic miracle was laid by those humble hands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trümmerfrau For Port-au-Prince a similar approach could work. Money should be put, where the hands are idle and people are hungry, instead of importing materials. May be even a fleurishing recycle industry could emerge, combined with urban farming, a future for those shattered lands and its inhabitants. Would it be possible to provide the readers with adresses of help organisations, to donate for them? An additional reason, the money influx might dry up soon, as we all become more occupied with other issues. Hence there might be a necessity for this approach. B Hi,

Germany was rebuild by the so called Trümmerfrauen (rumblewomen), malnutritioned as they were they worked long hours to regain material from the carpet bombed and erased inner cities and cultural monuments. I assume the foundation for the economic miracle was laid by those humble hands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trümmerfrau

For Port-au-Prince a similar approach could work.
Money should be put, where the hands are idle and people are hungry, instead of importing materials. May be even a fleurishing recycle industry could emerge, combined with urban farming, a future for those shattered lands and its inhabitants.
Would it be possible to provide the readers with adresses of help organisations, to donate for them?

An additional reason, the money influx might dry up soon, as we all become more occupied with other issues. Hence there might be a necessity for this approach.
B

]]> By: PatienceinJcksn http://inhabitat.com/port-au-prince-could-be-recycled-and-rebuilt-from-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-210554 PatienceinJcksn Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:30:53 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=90861#comment-210554 I think it is a great idea...one we should use more often not just in emergency situations I think it is a great idea…one we should use more often not just in emergency situations

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