After last year’s devastating hurricane season, architecture schools are incorporating resilient design into their curriculums, acknowledging that climate change will increasingly effect how cities are built, and emphasizing the role the next generation of architects will undoubtedly play in preparing and responding to future disasters.
At the University of Houston’s architecture and design school, one studio this spring focused their semester on how to design buildings at various scales that will play a role in each phase of a natural disaster. As part of their classwork, students visited sites throughout the city that were most affected by Hurricane Harvey. They also gathered data and met with local leaders involved in the response to last year’s Category 4 hurricane. An exhibit showcasing the solutions the class proposed for preparing and reacting to each phase of a disaster like Harvey—from a storm shelter to information centers—will be on display at the school on April 24.
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