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Materials and Methods
2.1 ZEMCH Workshop for post‐disaster:
The workshop took place in the city of Concepción, Chile, between the May 31st and June 07th,
2019, under the supervision of professor Massa Noguchi, who has a vast trajectory and knowledge
within the ZEMCH workshop as a core experience in Zero Energy Custom Homes. The number of
participants reached 20 professionals coming from different related areas as disaggregated next. Five
building engineers, ten architects, two industrial designers, two civil engineers, and one electric civil
engineer. Those that have completed the workshop were 18, most participants had work experience
and were coming from the working sector; ten had postgraduates, whilst two of them were coming
from undergraduate studies, and three were enrolled in postgraduate programs. Five groups, each one
of four members were created, they had a brief for the design of a hypothetical post‐disaster community
to be built in Chile, pictures of each working day can be seen in Appendix B, whilst the activities are
detailed in the following.
Day one, Knowledge transfer activity; The day started with three presentations of experts related
to post‐disaster studies as the main theme of the workshop, followed with some discussions on the
importance of community creation and maintenance. The Chilean case was also introduced, focusing
on the need for norms, regulations, and social considerations in a request for a more efficient and
sustainable solution for emergency housing. After that, the use of four open‐source design tools was
introduced and practiced, including amongst them the following; Sketchup as 3‐D tool to communicate
the forms of ideas; HOT2000, as a way to modelling energy consumption; RETscreen Expert used as an
instance for sustainable project management; and FLUXO‐VENTO, as an airflow simulator. At the end
of the day, participants were finally group organized in a strategy for quick involvement and group
bonding. This was a moment to exchange experiences from their backgrounds and also discuss the
content delivered through the first day.
Day two, Site visit and analysis; The second day was devoted to a pair of visits, being the first one
to the Bio‐Bio University research laboratories, where participants had a close experience with cross‐
laminated timber (CLT) research scale prototypes, a 3‐D robotic arm considering research samples and
a walkabout through the facilities. The rest of the day was spent visiting a coastal town named Dichato,
at a distance of 24 miles from Concepción. Dichato was selected to be the proposed site for the
workshop because it was severely affected by the events of 2010 (earthquake and tsunami). The
objectives for the visit were, (i) participants direct self‐experience with the geography and the site were
hundreds of families had to endure for years after the events. (ii) To have a direct sense of the plot,
recording orientation, winds, trees and other issues of the site analysis, including cultural and social
views.
Day three, Function analysis; During the third day, groups defined those variables which would
influence the outcome, setting a table of importance of each to be compared. The latter was acquired by
the following three activities. The first one was a brainstorming and critical thinking group approach,
setting the bases for a creative open group environment. Secondly, a Function Analysis System
Technique (FAST) was performed as a method that serves to enlight How and Why certain ideas might
have more power over others in resolving the main problem, also helping into the discharge of
redundancy, and hierarchically revealing those ideas that pertain. Finally, the groups were introduced
into an activity named Paired comparison and Weighted evaluation, which helps into ordering
variables according their importance within the overall. These three activities allowed groups at the
end of the day to have a reflexive approach to openly be presented to the other groups as findings
(Figure 2).
Examining the Potential of ZEMCH Workshop of Chilen Post-Disaster Housing
and Sustainable Community Developmenet on Multidisciplinary Participation
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