Resilient Buildings
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Basics
- Buildings that are "disaster proof" to a certain extent
- Main issues are:
- High Wind (Hurricanes + Tornadoes)
- Flooding (Floods, Hurricanes)
- Fire (Internal, or caused via external fires (other buildings, wildfires) )
- Lightning Strikes
- Pests (Termites, Carpenter Ants/Wasps, etc)
- Flying Debris (Even strong storms can throw debris and break windows etc
Current State
- Varies with Building Codes , and culture, but many USA homes are wood framing, on ground level, and thus are vunerable to many of the aforementioned hazards
Hard Data
- Need some
Retrofittable Options
Design Principles
- Elevated foundation (for floods many houses are on "stilts" or the first ground floor is garage/storage only
- External Window Shutters
- Less "Flat" / "Square Design" (more aerodynamic/less drag = less likely to be destroyed by wind
- Various fireproofing measures
Trashcan for Info Sources
- "Home design and retrofitting techniques for wildfire defense" from the youtube channel "California Fire Science Consortium"
- A USA Today Article on a Home Designed to Be WIldfire Proof in LA California USA
- "Fireproof Homes – The Answer for Building in High Fire Areas"
- Flood Resistant Wall Design
Internal Links
- Resilient Design Institute
- Floodproofing
- Wildfire Resilience
- Monolithic Domes
- Geodesic Domes
- Air Formed Domes
- OBI Aesthetics