Slobodan STANIC Netherlands / ArtEZ Academie van Bouwkunst Arnheim
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This project analyzes the housing demands of Roma community living in unauthorized urban structures in Serbia. LOTUS gives solutions to local city planners in case of continued existence of the settlement. The housing type gives an alternative for settlers in case of exodus as well as an option for better living quality in settlement self. As a result of long-lasting political instability, a group of 5000 Roma from Kosovo have moved to the north, to Novi Sads Mali Beograd-Veliki Rit. It is the oldest unauthorized Roma settlement in the city. Today, it is one of the biggest too. Estimated share of refugees in total population of this settlement is almost 80%. Since settlers cannot afford to buy a new house because of the hard financial conditions, many still live in their temporary houses made mostly out of waste. Lotus, as a sustainable movable house promotes a recycling building technique, using PET and HDPE plastics (along with its sources) as main building matter. Recycled plastic waste is transformed in small house units. PET is excellent barrier material, here used as a heat insulation layer on the outside of the object. The toilet is the motor; it is proposed as central part of the object. Biodegradable wastes are collected in a reservoir underneath the floor where the biogas is produced. It will supply the household with adequate energy for cooking and heating. Unexploited gas is stored in a balloon structure placed on the roof. |
