Division
Development & Defense
Housing designed for what the forecast actually says is coming. Factories that make what the island currently imports. And infrastructure meant to stay up when the storm takes everything else down.
Who it benefits
- Families rebuilding after a storm
- Communities exposed to surge, flood and wind
- Planners and agencies siting critical infrastructure
Who it’s for
CommunitiesGovernmentBuildersDisaster agencies
Goals
- Housing designed for small-island hazard conditions, built with local labour and local materials.
- Capacity on-island: make instead of import.
- Materials research aimed squarely at the built environment.
- Power, water and communications kept alive when the weather turns on them, and when people do.
Who it benefits
- Families rebuilding after a storm
- Communities exposed to surge, flood and wind
- Planners and agencies siting critical infrastructure
Who it’s for
CommunitiesGovernmentBuildersDisaster agencies
Goals
- Housing designed for small-island hazard conditions, built with local labour and local materials.
- Capacity on-island: make instead of import.
- Materials research aimed squarely at the built environment.
- Power, water and communications kept alive when the weather turns on them, and when people do.
