Pop-Up Ttechnique of Origamic Architecture for Post-Disaster Emergency Shelters

Abstract

This paper presents a pop-up technique based on origamic architecture as a technological design solution for post-disaster temporary shelter systems. First of all, the concepts of disaster and post-disaster are briefly introduced, and the roles and needs of post-disaster temporary shelter systems, particularly in emergency periods, are reviewed. Second, pop-up techniques based on origamic architecture are briefly discussed. Third, a formal language for opening the cards of origamic architecture is introduced, out of which a geometric elasticity has been developed. With the language, a variety of flexible and expandable designs for shelter structures can be generated by incorporating different pop-up techniques. Finally, a prototype shelter has been constructed to demonstrate the adaptability and sustainability of the shelter within the local environment and the affected society, considering portability, low-cost, and easy in assembling by any unskilled person.

Citation

Rian, I.M., Chang, D., Park, J.-H. and Ahn, H.U. (2008), "Pop-Up Ttechnique of Origamic Architecture for Post-Disaster Emergency Shelters", Open House International, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 22-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2008-B0003