University of Virginia: School of Architecture

After Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, hundreds of thousands of displaced residents were forced to live in transitional housing. Through a Jefferson Public Citizens program grant, two teams of U.Va. students are working to improve quality and availability of transitional shelters for future natural disasters.

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Link: http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=11363

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Published: March 29, 2010