At Kogakuin University, the "Danball Shelter" developed as part of support for the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake will be organized by alumni associations and alumni associations of the Faculty of Architecture from April 2016, 4. I delivered it to the evacuation center of the Kumamoto earthquake.

 "Danball Shelter" is a shelter developed by Professor Toshihiko Suzuki of the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Kogakuin University to secure a privacy space in a large space shelter. Professor Suzuki, who saw how he lived in an evacuation shelter during the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011, said, "You need a" house "to ensure privacy in order to spend a long time comfortably before entering a temporary housing." Feeled and developed.There was only one type in the Great East Japan Earthquake, but after that, we made many improvements and now we are producing four types of cardboard shelters with different sizes and shapes.

Kogakuin University provides developed cardboard shelter to Kumamoto disaster area

Carrying in a cardboard shelter

This time, we provided "Cardboard Shelter 2" with a width of 1m, a depth of 2m, and a height of 3m to the disaster area in Kumamoto Prefecture.It can be easily assembled and can be used as a private room for disaster victims evacuating to gymnasiums, bedrooms, changing rooms, evacuation toilets, doctor's offices, etc.From April 2016th to May 4th, 29, Kogakuin University will add this "Danball Shelter 5" to Aso City, Yatsushiro City, Mashiki Town, Nishihara Village, Minamiaso Village, and Kashima Town, Kumamoto Prefecture. We provided 16 pieces.

In the future, in addition to cardboard shelters at multiple evacuation centers, a "crosswall system" that can easily partition a large space into 2.7 tatami mats at a time will be brought in and installed.

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