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With the increase of natural and man-made disasters around the globe, it becomes increasingly important to understand how architects, and architecture, can contribute to post-disaster reconstruction efforts. While there is an argument that architects are the least people needed in this scenario, a collaborative process of planning, designing and building can enable those affected by the disaster to have a say in the processes that eventually affect them. Streetlight Tagpuro is a collaborative design and build process that began 3 years before the strongest typhoon to ever hit land devastated Tacloban city in the Philippines, and the 3 years of reconstruction that followed.

The doors, when fully opened, allow ventilation and strong winds to pass through without damaging the building, Image Courtesy © Alexander Eriksson Furunes

• Architects: Eriksson Furunes Architecture, Leandro V. Locsin Partners & Boase
• Project: Streetlight Tagpuro
• Location: Tacloban, Philippines
• Photography: Alexander Eriksson Furunes
• Software used: Autocad
• Client: Streetlight Inc
• Team: Miko Verzon, Aldo Mayoralgo, Pierre Go, Sai Cunanan, JP Dela Cruz, Kurt Yu, Jiddu Bulatao, Otep Arcilla, Mark Docdocos, BJ Adriano, Gela Santos, Matt Varona & Pebbles Miranda, Zoe Watson, Laura Lim Sam, Christian Moe Halsted, Rebecka Casselbrant and Lise Berg
• Lead Architects: Alexander Eriksson Furunes & Sudarshan V. Khadka
• Lead Engineer: Jago Boase
• Area: 1,200sqm
• Completion Year: 2016

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