Date of Award
Spring 2022
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2022.
Department
Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
First Advisor
Reynaud Serrette
Second Advisor
Rachel He
Abstract
In California, many communities lack the resources to provide support for natural disaster evacuees and those devastated by economic loss (our growing homeless community). An improved interim housing solution needs to be developed - a solution that provides comfort, privacy, and community - in the hopes of maintaining the dignity of those experiencing these hardships. In order to address this problem, the team designed a modular, panelized structure to provide shelter to those who are subject to emergency situations. A structural design and analysis was completed for both a cold-formed steel and a timber structure. A parcel of land in Roseville, California was also developed to demonstrate how these structures can be integrated into a community to provide a sense of stability during stressful times. This land development included selecting a portion of land with appropriate zoning, determining the overall layout of the shelters, calculating grading requirements, and laying out utility lines to service the land.
Recommended Citation
Yee, Madeline; Tolan, Margaret; and Mendez, Rodrigo, "Emergency Relief Structure for Natural Disaster Evacuees and the Homeless Population" (2022). Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Senior Theses. 92.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/ceng_senior/92