Designing a Modular Roofing Solution to Provide Dignified Long-Term Refugee Housing
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- Abstract
- Currently, 658,000 Syrian refugees are living in Jordan. While the average displacement of a Syrian refugee is 17 years, the housing solutions available to refugees last only 1-5 years, creating further instability in their lives. Mawa Modular aims to provide shelters that address this discrepancy, and our project goal is to design the roof for this shelter. The roof must be modular, easy to assemble, structurally sound, and thermally regulated. Our final design comprises three pairs of hinged triangular panels. The edges of each panel are angled to allow for proper alignment during installation. The hinges in conjunction with the angled joints allow the panels to be self-standing, aiding in assembly and adding structural integrity. Through assembly testing with weighted panels at the full wall height, our hypothesis that our roof was self-supporting was confirmed, but the need for safety mechanisms during assembly was established. As expected, weight greatly impacts ease of assembly and for this reason aluminum and polyurethane sandwich panels will be used. Preliminary computational modeling suggests these aluminum sandwich panels can easily withstand the maximum wind speeds and snow loads expected in Jordan. Finally, thermal modeling confirmed that our roof has improved thermal performance compared to existing solutions, but may require changes to keep the interior temperature high enough for comfort in the winter. Thus, future work will focus on safe assembly and ensuring adequate thermal comfort in the winter months.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date modified | December 5, 2022 |
| Publication date | March 17, 2022; 2022 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Fischer, Makenzie |
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| Author | Kilpatrick, Cameron |
| Author | Foster, Laurel |
| Author | Elaridi, Shadi |
| Editor | Cohen, Shoshanah |
| Editor | Hiss, Eli |
| Sponsor | Mawa Modular |
Subjects
| Subject | Mechanical engineering |
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| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Report |
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- Fischer, M., Kilpatrick, C., Foster, L., and Elaridi, S. (2022). Designing a Modular Roofing Solution to Provide Dignified Long-Term Refugee Housing. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/kp677xc6800
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