RAPIDO replaces disposable FEMA trailers with a small-but-livable housing “core” - a kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedroom. The structure was specifically designed so more bedrooms could be added incrementally once a second round of government funding came through.
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The first step is to help build a structure that is safe and sanitary and pleasing.
“Our goal with RAPIDO was to do it fast and cheaply, but also for the house to reflect who the family is, rather than ‘this is just a disaster recovery project,’” says Elaine Morales, the architect with BC Workshop who designed the homes.
The 432-square-foot core of the RAPIDO homes uses pre-fab panels designed so the home can be finished in a week without heavy machinery and by a team of two framers, an electrician, and a plumber.
The coalition behind RAPIDO perhaps knows, better than anyone, there is no one-size-fits-all housing solution to disaster recovery. But mainstreaming that very philosophy may turn out to be our best bet when the next disaster strikes.
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