NYC tests post-disaster housing in Downtown Brooklyn
From the
Daily Eagle
is testing an experimental post-disaster housing prototype in Downtown
Brooklyn.
If the test is successful, the modular housing could be
installed in parking lots, on dead end streets, or on other paved land in
neighborhoods hit by a disaster. The idea is to keep residents living as close
to home as possible while they recover.
On Saturday, a crew stacked five steel units on top of each
other, Lego style, in an empty lot on Cadman Plaza East. By mid-afternoon, the
four-bedroom, three story “townhouse” was fully assembled.
The NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has been
working on the project for six years, along with the city’s Department of
Design and Construction (DDC), FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers.
“Contact John Morrison at Mark Line ( [email protected] )
for more information on their mid-rise urban housing system.”
