Abstract
Abstract This paper presents an alternative design of a temporary house made of bamboo and its manufacturing process to become a prototype that can be seen by the public. It was expected that by seeing this prototype, the people who lives around disaster affected areas can build their own temporary houses or the government can build it for them. The process was initiated by reviewing the existing designs published previously which were then examined from the perspective and experience of the authors. The next step was defining some basic design criteria by combining findings from literature, author experiences, local conditions and the availability of resources. The proposed conceptual design was then developed based on the design criteria of a temporary house. At the last stage, a prototype of temporary house was constructed as a showcase. This article summarized all these processes which indicated that, to such extent within the boundary condition of the study, bamboo can be practically applied for building a temporary house following earthquake disaster, with a special reference to Lombok Earthquake in 2018.