Haiti Earthquake Worsens the Urban Collapse: What Can Architects Do?

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Haiti is suffering the consequences of a magnitude-7.2 earthquake that worsen a national crisis. News agencies have published photographs of collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince recalling the destruction due to the 2010 earthquake.

As humanitarian aid is been deployed around the world to collaborate in rescue, shelter, health care, and food, questions arise: how does architecture help?

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Cite: Dejtiar, Fabian. "Haiti Earthquake Worsens the Urban Collapse: What Can Architects Do?" [El nuevo terremoto en Haití revive el trauma urbano, ¿qué hacer desde la arquitectura?] 18 Aug 2021. ArchDaily. (Trans. Valencia, Nicolás) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/966990/haiti-earthquake-worsens-the-urban-collapse-what-can-architects-do> ISSN 0719-8884
Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Image via Flickr user: United Nations Development Programme, lincensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

海地新一轮地震再度唤醒城市创伤,建筑界该如何应对?

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