Temporary housing in Fukushima reused in rain-hit western Japan

Special temporary wooden homes used by people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011 are being relocated to a western Japan city recently hit by torrential rains as a traditional building technique used in their construction enables their reuse.In early August, carpenters in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, began constructing the temporary housing using a method called "Itakura," in which thick boards of solid cedar are put together to create roofs, walls and floors without using nails.Architect Kunihiro Ando, who was overseeing the relocation of the homes from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefectur…READ FULL ARTICLE