Application of Godai Philosophy for Quick Response Design in a Disaster-Prone Context Part 2 Dissertation 2021 Hazrini Hassan MARA University of Technology - Puncak Alam campus | Malaysia The general population are unprepared to respond to disasters despite its capability to wipe out the population. Like any other living thing, we are vulnerable when it comes to disasters. Yet humans felt superior and safe in their safety net. That is until mother nature unleashes her wrath. It is between the irresistible forces of nature versus the weakness of human beings. The comprehension of how architectural design plays a vital role in Malaysian disaster risk management to evacuate quickly appears to be lacking, revealing the ineffectiveness and poor relief operation to evacuate in a resilience building. On the other hand, Japan has extensive experience dealing with multiple disasters, and their level of disaster management is excellent, which Malaysia can emulate and benefit from. Japanese have been assimilating their cultural philosophy into their daily lives. While Zen philosophy has been associated with attaining calm, Godai philosophy has been connected to the five basic elements of nature in life. The proposed design exercise will adopt an approach from Japanese Godai Philosophy where scientific and technological ideas could be used in this scheme to promote disaster risk management for a quick response in public while also creating a resilience structure that can withstand the natural occurrence/ disaster. Hazrini Hassan Tutor(s) Puteri Mayang Bahjah Zaharin