Concept
N.C.S, a NPO which holds permanent housing system, and Trailer House Association has teamed up together to carry out a project to provide housing for disaster victims.
1. Provides fast, cost effective, and stylish houses which lasts for more than 30 years
2. Construction method which could be easily dismantled, set up, extended, and reformed
3. Team structure which provides concepts, people, and materials
Think the Tohoku
We will never forget Mar. 11th, 2011 as Japanese and as an architect.
I visited the disaster site with a diesel car for 3 days from April 3rd to 5th, which was 3 weeks after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. At my first glance of inconceivable damaged buildings and land, I couldn’t even talk and got freeze. After visiting 7 major sites, I noticed 3 points as an architect. First, there are very few people killed by the building collapse, even though the earthquake was gigantic as marked magnitude of 9.0. This is because newer buildings are reinforced and designed against earthquakes after learning from another earthquake disaster in 1978. Second, the impact of tsunami is 10 times stronger than its earthquake. I say many RC building pull out by foundations and lay on the ground. I believe, as I employ myself in architecture, we should urgently discuss structural strength against tsunami. Third, carpenters who can help constructing temporally homes are badly off at the site. Local carpenters are too busy with their existing clients, and also many of them are found dead or injured.
I launched disaster relief project on Apr. 1st, with my experience of two projects against Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. First, we came up with the system “Project 1000” to build houses in the ten million yen range for quick housing recovery (it is ongoing project and completed more than 130 houses). Second project is “N･C･S”, which is a NPO to network people in the architecture industry. And this new project, we successfully set up a group of craftspeople more than 3,200. That was the start of “Mobile Smile Project”.
The keyword of this project is “re-location”, and we teamed up with Japan Trailer House Association. In an outlying city of Tokyo, we can construct a house in 3 weeks over 40 feet long chassis, transport to the site at night, and set this up in 3 hours. At this moment, it is still a “car”, but couple of years later when it sits on concrete foundation and been anchored, it becomes “building”. This thought can be applied against atomic power plant problem we are facing. We are hoping to support in long span through this social business, and Tohoku’s earliest possible recovery. 24 8月 Filed under Works. Bookmark the permalink. Mobile Smile Project
Concept
N.C.S, a NPO which holds permanent housing system, and Trailer House Association has teamed up together to carry out a project to provide housing for disaster victims.
1. Provides fast, cost effective, and stylish houses which lasts for more than 30 years
2. Construction method which could be easily dismantled, set up, extended, and reformed
3. Team structure which provides concepts, people, and materials
Think the Tohoku
We will never for get Mar. 11th, 2011 as Japanese and as an architect.
I visited the disaster site with a diesel car for 3 days from April 3rd to 5th, which was 3 weeks after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. At my first glance of inconceivable damaged buildings and land, I couldn’t even talk and got freeze. After visiting 7 major sites, I noticed 3 points as an architect. First, there are very few people killed by the building collapse, even though the earthquake was gigantic as marked magnitude of 9.0. This is because newer buildings are reinforced and designed against earthquakes after learning from another earthquake disaster in 1978. Second, the impact of tsunami is 10 times stronger than its earthquake. I say many RC building pull out by foundations and lay on the ground. I believe, as I employ myself in architecture, we should urgently discuss structural strength against tsunami. Third, carpenters who can help constructing temporally homes are badly off at the site. Local carpenters are too busy with their existing clients, and also many of them are found dead or injured.
I launched disaster relief project on Apr. 1st, with my experience of two projects against Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. First, we came up with the system “Project 1000” to build houses in the ten million yen range for quick housing recovery (it is ongoing project and completed more than 130 houses). Second project is “N･C･S”, which is a NPO to network people in the architecture industry. And this new project, we successfully set up a group of craftspeople more than 3,200. That was the start of “Mobile Smile Project”.
The keyword of this project is “re-location”, and we teamed up with Japan Trailer House Association. In an outlying city of Tokyo, we can construct a house in 3 weeks over 40 feet long chassis, transport to the site at night, and set this up in 3 hours. At this moment, it is still a “car”, but couple of years later when it sits on concrete foundation and been anchored, it becomes “building”. This thought can be applied against atomic power plant problem we are facing. We are hoping to support in long span through this social business, and Tohoku’s earliest possible recovery.
System
- floor area: 12 tsubo including loft (1 tsubo=3.3 sqm)
- construction period : 3 weeks
- cost : 5 million yen
- durable years : over 30 years
- start of production : 6. 2011
Because the infrastructure is destroyed, victims have to stay at temporary site in a safe area. First, they stay in evacuation center usually for 3 months, and then move to temporary housing. It is not easy for them to make themselves at home under this situation, so we propose that their homes move together with people.
Team Structure
This project is realized by providing people and building at the same time. It is our unique solution against disaster recovery. Because of the lack of local carpenters and materials in Tohoku, Mobile Smile Home is constructed in an outlying city of Tokyo, and transported to disaster site. After it moves to a permanent site, it is easily expanded and retrofit by local carpenters because of its simple construction method.
SEVEN RULES OF “MOBILE SMILE” HOME
1. A gable roof which make people feel like at home
2. Using solid wood for both interior and exterior
3. The space with excellent air circulation by wind, and maximum use of daylighting
4. a big living room with high ceiling (Type-A)
5. loft storage space
6. high heat insulation (clear the new energy saving standard)
7. the beauty
