Apr 09, 2024
Climate Resiliency Architecture in Mo'orea
This protocol is a draft, published without a DOI.
- Eva Louise Gibbs-Zehnder1
- 1University of California Berkeley
Protocol Citation: Eva Louise Gibbs-Zehnder 2024. Climate Resiliency Architecture in Mo'orea. protocols.io https://protocols.io/view/climate-resiliency-architecture-in-mo-39-orea-dbt82nrw
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
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Created: April 08, 2024
Last Modified: April 09, 2024
Protocol Integer ID: 97888
Keywords: climate resiliency architecture, resilience to climate, climate, resilience, traditional building technique, relevant structures along the coast, based material, using place, project
Abstract
This project aims to measure the resilience to climate of traditional building techniques using place-based materials in Mo’orea. By working with the community, we hope to produce several culturally-relevant structures along the coast that can then be monitored over the course of a decade.
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Kai Bloom
Before start
This proposed protocol is a set of guidelines aiming to center the community in active decision-making and creation. If any of these guidelines make any community member uncomfortable in any way, they must be reevaluated and reworked.
Promoting Project and Community Awareness
Create flyers and social media posts informing public of project several months before desired start of project.
Directly inform youth, potentially deliver promotion at local schools
Contact local architecture firms and construction companies willing to partner with the community
Community Workshops
Workshop 1: Identify Culturally Appropriate Materials
Informal circle format in which community members are encouraged to share their knowledge
A designated community member is the 'scribe' and documents the meeting content
Workshop 2: Identify Different Building Techniques
Informal circle format in which community members are encouraged to share their knowledge
A designated community member is the 'scribe' and documents the meeting content
Workshop 3: Design Process
In this workshop, community members are encouraged to bring in their initial conceptual designs based on the previous two gatherings. The circle will discuss the designs and give feedback.
Workshop 4: Design Process
Community members bring back edited designs in response to previous feedback and circle continues to refine design.
Workshop 5: Design Process
Community members bring back edited designs in response to previous feedback and circle continues to refine design. As designs begin to take shape, designers are encouraged to think of location of structures.
Workshop 6: Design Process
Community members bring back edited designs in response to previous feedback and circle continues to refine design. Designers visit potential locations and consider function of structure.
Workshop 7: Design Process
Community members bring back edited designs in response to previous feedback and circle continues to refine design.
Workshop 8: Design Process
Finalize design and agree on the location and design of each site
Construction
Aquire permits to build on selected sites
Submit final designs to construction company and get it approved by local government
Construct sites according to community direction
Evaluation
Following construction, monthly checks conducted by three project members each evaluate the following categories and submit their data to a public website displaying and documenting the project
Response to Climate
On a scale from 1 to 10, how is the structure holding up? Is it rusting? Is the plant material disintegrating?
Functional
On a scale from 1 to 10, how effectively is the structure serving its intended purpose? Is the community actually using it? For what? How often?
Maintenance
On a scale from 1 to 10, how often does this structure need repair? How often do certain materials need to be replaced?