The Appalachia region of Kentucky and Virginia has experienced devastating flooding and will continue to as a direct result of mining operations in the region. Flooding has a tremendous impact in the areas, devastating communities, forcing migration, dislocation and loss of economic means. For many families, it leaves them homeless, and their house a waterlogged ruin. 

FEMA trailers have been used in the past as a form of intermediate temporary housing. However, they are not meant for long term living. This project aims to create a modular, pre-configured SIP panel shelter that would act as an upgrade to the FEMA trailer, in both materiality and spatial arrangement. It will be able to function off the with the idea that multiple could be connected, increasing the number of rooms and square footage. It becomes a permanent home to live in, rather than a temporary shelter.