| A Sustainable Housing Response to Hurricane Katrina
John Quale
Kristina L. Iverson
This article reflects the views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
This article describes the collaborative experience of the ecoMOD project at the University
of Virginia (UVA) and Habitat for HumanityŽ International as they developed a prototypical ecological, prefabricated, and affordable home for a family along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005. Since 2004, ecoMOD has created five affordable housing units, four of them in Charlottesville, Virginia. The project is a partnership of the UVA School of Architecture and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The project's aim is to create well-designed, high-quality homes that minimize living costs and environmental impact.
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