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addition, willingness to contribute and contribution acceptance had no observables differences
remained around 75% and 100%, throughout the whole workshop.
Figure 5: Relation between HIGH levels of Conflict, Value, Willingness and Acceptation
4. Discussion
Throughout the ZEMCH workshop, the effects and potential of design optimization were
surveyed and evaluated under the presumption of using its methodology as a participatory tool for
decision making. The whole initial idea was to survey on the feasibility of siting together different
professionals after one collective goal of providing responsible solutions for people in the aftermath of
a natural disaster in a way to include inhabitants in the process and to reduce discrepancies and
potential human conflicts.
Particularly, during day three the used methodology was able to clarify concisely and quickly the
design objectives by incorporating the different disciplines and backgrounds of participants. By
comparing the final results from the workshop (Figure 3) with those emergency communities’ solutions
built in the aftermath (Figure 1) it is possible to see a great improvement on offered living conditions.
The latter due to the great attention on customization and sustainability inbuilt in every group
presentation.
Several studies have presented the post‐disaster 2010 Chilean reconstruction initiatives and results
as a positive example to follow. It is believed that communal consultation as the performed strategy in
the aftermath at the coastal city of Dichato, to define ideas for the Master Plan was the main reason for
the generalized view of inhabitants’ satisfaction [18,19]. On the other hand, as expressed by Garay (2015)
the quality of the housing strategy as an immediate emergency response was not appropriate in terms
of minimum habitability [12]. The workshop resulted designs outputs are in line with the
recommendations of temporary accommodation building design mentioned in the work of Felix et al.
(2015) in regards to design for the people, simplicity in construction systems, easy transport, climatic
comfort, adequate dimensions, flexibility, outdoor spaces, long‐term options, and non‐pollutant
solutions, resulting in more dignity for the future already enduring inhabitants [10].
The outputs from ZEMCH workshop had a beneficial and positive tendency towards the
multidisciplinary collaboration, with the innate potential for the occurrence of innovative proposals.
The final perception from engineers, architects, and other design backgrounds differed. The latter was
attributed to diverse reasons, being one the fact that, the normal work for architects and designers have
an autonomous approach to design strategies and stages, therefore, with no other professionals getting
in the way. On the other hand, the lack of collaborative work, besides maybe being faster, it might have
many conflicts and inaccuracies in the construction process. Another related reason being that different
levels of conflict and value is due to the collaborative approach, where the concurrence of diverse
disciplines and backgrounds might define the role of project manager to be assumed by the architects
[20]. The role of managing the project multi‐disciplinary approach might create new responsibilities at
the design stage for architects, therefore, the lower perception of value, at day 1 and 2 of the ZEMCH
workshop. Nevertheless, the value levels of all participants did increase from day 1 to 5, therefore,
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