A
L
section AA
,----- 1 ,,- ----...
l Jt ... ... ' ...
',I 11 I ,,,, ttlt
:,l, ,,,,
'----'-::!::::===:===========::;:~~' I! 4 - /I ,, ,, ,, ,.,. "" ; / / \ \
,. , -~~ -~r .._, .;.;' r-i)_' <' .... ... // ,.,. ,. ,. / / ,. ; ' ' \
/) "< ... , ........ ' '
I ,I ------~-----, • ' , I \ , ... _... , -....... .--' .... ... , ... .... .,. )\ I
I / / \ , I ....... '.,..~ ... ... ... \
I I / / ' ' I I \/ ' \
I / / ' \ I ( \
' " 1 ', ,."' r , :,~~-:..---:.. t:===== --l \ I
I I ' ', ,." / I I ~~I (' I I
I I ' ' , / / / I I J... .... .... ,^1
\ I - ------------\/ I ,t^1 .... ...., ........ .. '.:; '"'::.., .... .::-' 'I ..^1
' < v, \\ J I /
.... .... ,.... \ ; ,.. ,, .... ... \ \' \ /
c;::::;=;=;;::::;:::;::::;:::;::::;=;=;'~-::::;:-~I lltI l I I --' -~~ \\ \\\\ 1\ \\ '' ' \\ ' '' \ ~I I I I(^11) ,, , I \ ,,, \ J / .;
I I I r I ~
I I
I I
I I
I I
I I
I
plan I r ... L __ l' ----• /
A
.....J
0 1m
L..J
original residents whose places of work
were in the vicinity.
Over the years, Lari's experience of
working in mud, lime and bamboo in
disaster areas has enabled her to hone her
skills to an art form. 'I t is not as if these
techniques didn't already exist in our
country, or that I have introduced something
entirely new', Lari admits. 'It is just that
they were not being used to their potential
and interventions were needed to make
traditional techniques safe.' With the
'Western charity
models fail to
provide succour to
target populations,
due to their
unsustainable siloed
approach that
treats people as
helpless victims'
outbreak of conflict in Swat in Khyber
Pakhtnnkhwa province in 2007, Lari started
working in bamboo to provide facilities such
as community kitchens in refugee camps.
vVhen in 2010 floods hit the Khyber
Pakhtm1khwa and Sindh provinces, Lari
diverted her attention to this area, using her
knowledge of working with bamboo to make
shelters with mud, lime and b amboo - all
sustainable materials with a zero carbon
footprint - and community centres on stilts,
allowing the flood waters to flow through
Women's centres
Sindh province
2011-15
Constructed in various
Sindh villages, larger
community buildings scale
up principles realised in
smaller shelters. These
women's centres provide
a space for women to
socialise as well as places
to share training in
'barefoot' enterprises.
Built on bamboo stilts to
protect from flooding,
the undercroft can also
be used as a classroom or
store when not inundated
with water, and a wide
veranda offers shade
from the sun.
without any damage or harm to those
sheltered within.
By 2014, 40,000 zero-carbon shelters had
been constructed. The result was that, in the
floods of 2012 and 2013, there was no loss
of life, livestock or property in the areas
in which she had worked. Similarly,
when earthquakes hit Pakistan - in the
Balochistan province in 2013 and then in
Shangla in the north in 2015 - Lari designed
earthquake-resistant shelters using earth,
lime and bamboo, tested to resist