Notes Design

As the eastern seaboard awaits the triple threat of Hannah, Ike, and Josephine, the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is preparing to mount an exhibition of the winners of it's Post-Disaster Provisional Housing Design Competition, "What If New York City..."

The question that the international competition sought to answer was "What if New York City were hit by a Category 3 Hurricane?" and is based on a "fictional but realistic" New York City neighborhood that has been devastated by a hypothetical Category 3 hurricane. The competition investigates how residents can be provided with safe and comfortable living spaces that can be quickly deployed and adapted to different site conditions or reused in subsequent emergencies, while still remaining environmentally sustainable and cost effective.

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