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Stephanie|Michiel|Celine
Research into post natural disaster responses
Introduction
On Boxing Day 2004 Banda Aceh was devastated by a major tsunami. Ever since that disasterous day, the local population has been working on its recovery, helped by many national and international Non Governmental Organizations. Urban Emergencies wants to find out how the transition between immediate relief responses and longer term redevelopment initiatives is working out spatially.
current status: research post production
We are currently at the TU Delft, processing the urbanism data and insights gathered on location in Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, working towards the Urban Emergencies book publication.
We arrived in Banda Aceh March 2nd 2009, and have returned to Delft on May 23rd 2009. The outcome of our research has been presented to the public via an exhibition at TU Delft, that opened June 30th 2009, and the symposium held July 2nd 2009 at the same location.
Stephanie|Michiel|Celine
Contact
indonesia@urbanemergencies.org
Celine: +6285830978655
Stephanie: +6285830977484
Michiel: +6285830966643
Celine: +6285830978655
Stephanie: +6285830977484
Michiel: +6285830966643
Posts
Crazy site, where did all the survivors go and is the mosque still being used?
ReplyDeletecheers!
Hi Dieuwer,
ReplyDeleteApparently just one out of six-ten inhabitants survived the tsunami. Most of them have returned to the area, after waiting in IDP settlements for the completion of newly constructed permanent housing, on the same spot as where they used to live. Strange fact is that several of the new built houses are empty, presumably because ALL survivors received new houses. This is including for instance orphans, who are now being raised at different locations, say with their family.
The mosque is the same we've published earlier on a photo in this blog. It's intensively being used. When passing by, you can see some of the interior concrete columns have broken, they are still hanging from the ceiling, suspended on their rebar. The facades have large windows. Those might have reduced the horizontal pressure on the building by the tsunami. For the rest we haven't seen many traces of the tsunami on it. Us westerners are advised not to enter mosques, unless invited to do so.