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Adaptation of post-disaster housing to the residents' lifestyle; case study: housing reconstruction in Boroujerd after the 2006 Lorestan earthquake
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Mahsa Bashiri   , Mohammadreza Bemanian * |
| Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. |
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Objective: Destruction of residential units is one of the most obvious effects of disasters. Under normal circumstances, buildings gradually reach the end of their lifecycles. However, in the event of a disaster, they suddenly come to an end, providing an unusual opportunity for their reconstruction and replacement. Thus, the disaster is an opportunity to redesign housing to better meet people's needs. However, post-disaster housing reconstruction experiences show that housing can change significantly beyond people's will and need. During the 2006 Lorestan Earthquake, the most affected area was the city of Boroujerd, where significant parts of the city had a worn, old texture. The houses built in Boroujerd differed significantly from the traditional housing of the residents.
Method: In this study, following the investigation of the influential components of lifestyle on housing and also the housing components that are affected by lifestyle, the grounded theory method was used to study the changes of pre-disaster housing to post-disaster housing (immediately after the disaster and also with distance 13 years) and understanding the meaning of the house from the perspective of residents from pre-disaster housing to post-disaster housing. The data analysis of the interviews yielded 256 primary or open-source codes, which, after merging, yielded 53 subcategories and 22 categories (main category).
Results: According to the results, the meaning of housing has changed in post-disaster reconstruction and also after 13 years of reconstruction; the concept of home as the base of the family has diminished after reconstruction, the home has lost its meaning as an archive of memories and a place of social relations, and has instead become an ostentatious tool.
Conclusions: Values such as comfort, age, security, and privacy, as well as the stage in the lifecycle of spatial relationships and the type and function of spaces, affect pre-disaster housing. These factors have changed due to reconstruction conditions and the lack of opportunities to fulfill people's choices.
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| Keywords: Post-disaster housing, lifestyle, housing reconstruction, Boroujerd, Eartquake. |
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Type of Study: Applicable |
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Received: 2025/07/20 | Accepted: 2025/09/21 | Published: 2025/09/21
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