Multi-hazard disaster resilient housing with bamboo-based system

The state of Assam in the Brahmaputra valley in north-east India is exposed to multiple hazards of seismicity, flooding and cyclone to a critical extent. The advanced construction technologies are yet to penetrate among the overwhelming population living below the poverty line. On the other hand the time-tested vernacular architecture or 'Assam-type' building is also unable to perform due to intensified calamities brought by climate change, fast depleting indigenous materials, change in user expectation and sporadic intervention of popular modern material and technology. This paper aims to systematically capture the hazard responses of vernacular architecture of Assam and upgrade the same with thoughtful introduction of amphibious foundation for modern but affordable bamboo-based hybrid construction. A schematic prototype house is proposed which can withstand the effect of multiple hazards of the area under study.