Green Shelters Programme


The work on Green Shelters project was taken up in Janauary 2018. Seven villages located in Mirpur Khas, Tando Allahyar and Thatta districts and eight villages in Makli—in Sindh province of Pakistan—were targeted. The eight Makli villages are largely populated by mendicant (beggar) communities that are the poorest of the poor. They have been surviving due to the alms collected from shrines and meagre portions distributed from their soup kitchens. These villages are located in the vicinity of Makli World Heritage—a spectacular site carrying lofty structures that are profusely ornamented with stone carvings and scintillating glazed tiles.


The basis of the project is to set up a holistic model with a rights-based approach, designed within the framework of Lari’s Barefoot Architecture that incorporates zero-carbon affordable shelters and other basic facilities for marginalised communities. The project stems from large-scale Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)-compliant development carried out by the Heritage Foundation in seismic- and flood-affected areas since 2005 along with the completion of over 40,000 zero-carbon shelters in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).


The project envisages the use of Lari Octa Green (LOG), a prefabricated Green construction technique that allows for quick assembly and ease of transportation for shelters and other structures. These are non-engineered structures that have been successfully tested in disaster-prone areas using zero/low-carbon sustainable materials i.e., bamboo, mud and lime. This low-cost integrated approach has achieved remarkable results with an investment of only Rs. 30,000 (US$260) per household.


Text & images from the Heritage Foundation 3 Green Shelters structure


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