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Browsing by Subject "Department of Design, Housing and Apparel"

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    Adaptation: Culturally Sensitive Housing for Mexicans and Universal Design
    (2009-10-07) Karnes, Carol
    The Mexican population in Minneapolis has a unique cultural identity. They struggle with negative influences: economic inequality, language barriers, discrimination, and the reality of being a displaced people. They have strong cultural links. Adapting to life in the United States can be challenging for these people. Creating an affordable housing solution that gives them pride, helps them integrate, and provides them the opportunity to express their cultural identity is important. Being cognizant of the unique needs of culturally sensitive populations and implementing universal design solutions into the design of a single family residence was the primary outcome of this project.
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    Household & Community Response to Annual Flooding in Rural Bolivia
    (2009-04-08) Houghton, Laura
    The rainy season in South America results in flooding that devastates communities by destroying homes and spreading illness and disease. The small, rural village of Villa Alba-El Beni, Bolivia experiences annual flooding but has little way of preparing for the damage. The housing of the village is destroyed each year and never quite rebuilt, and with each exposure to the dirty floodwaters, more individuals become ill. After two subsequent years of recordbreaking floods, I traveled to Villa Alba during the summer of 2008 to interview ten households about their experiences with and reactions to the flooding. The parallels between conversations with residents of the village and information found in literature review suggest that a household and community response to the flooding would dramatically decrease the negative effects on both housing and health.