In the wake of earthquakes, tropical storms, and hurricanes, bamboo shelters provide quick, sturdy, humanizing and cost-effective ways to house thousands of residents rendered homeless and recovering from the disaster. By using a material like bamboo that is easily replenished, large-scale mobilization of this technology can also be done with ease at times of intense need. The ease of reusability of bamboo makes such houses long-lasting and usable over multiple lifetimes and different uses. This project was taken up as an initiative post the 2004 Tsunami. A size of 1000 sqft was chosen to create a disaster relief home prototype in Hutbay, the Andaman Islands. A project for Seeds India Ltd, it was built by the survivors themselves, under the guidance of CGBMT and Aditi Constructions, and can be used as a permanent, cost-effective housing solution. 

Close to a fifth of the world's population lives in a Bamboo house and hence the techniques of joining and fixing bamboo are already familiar knowledge for large sections of the rural populace. Hence, by seeking to propose a solution with prior precedent, the prototype would be more acceptable to local traditions, while also easing out the process of learning about its assembly and disassembly. A permanent housing solution for disaster management, built by the victims of the Tsunami under the training and supervision of CGBMT.