ABSTRACT
Brett Moore is an architect who works in the field of humanitarian aid and development. He has more than fifteen years' experience with the private sector, UN agencies and non-government organizations. Brett is now based in Australia with World Vision International as Shelter and Infrastructure Advisor. Brett's project experience covers several locations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, both in the development contexts of housing, health, education and judicial infrastructure and in post-disaster and post-conflict humanitarian relief through emergency shelter and infrastructure planning, design and implementation. Most recently, he has been working on a transitional shelter programme for drought-and conflict-affected refugees in Somalia. The interviews and supporting essays show built environment professionals collaborating with post-disaster communities as facilitators, collaborators and negotiators of land, space and shelter, rather than as 'save the world' modernists, as often portrayed in the design media.
