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Architects: Eriksson Furunes, Leandro V. Locsin Partners
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:Alexander Eriksson Furunes
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Manufacturers: Hafele
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Contractor: All Hands Volunteers, Mike Hill, Emil Carlsson
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Engineering Firm: Pimentel Associates Engineering Consultants, Ramboll, Venerando L. Roldan, Gerardo C. Duarte
Text description provided by the architects. On the 8th of November 2013, super-typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons to ever hit land, devastated the central regions of the Philippines destroying more than four million households and depriving thousands of lives. The waves caused by the typhoon flattened the informal settlement of Seawall and the Study Center that they built together with the NGO Streetlight and three architects students in 2010. Streetlight supported the families and children throughout the disaster, and soon after resumed their vocational and educational programme. Alexander Eriksson Furunes was invited back together with his two partners Sudarshan Khadka and Jago Boase to rebuild Streetlight’s office, orphanage and study center within the relocation zone, Tagpuro. Once a small village of 200 households, the population was scheduled to increase tenfold according to the relocation plans initiated by the city government. This growth did not account for livelihood opportunities or infrastructure providing basic necessities such as water, sanitation and electricity. Tension and conflicts were increasing in the area, as several families lacked a sense of belonging to their new house and their new community. The question became how we could work together, and collectively use the programming and design process to build something appropriate to the current situation within the relocation zone.
