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Resilient Homes
The final blog post in this series is based on the Resilient Homes category. This category seemed to resonate with people affected by the floods as the ideas are about directly combating the water, and the devastation left behind after … Continue reading
Fluid Terrain
The majority of ideas in our Nature / City Edge category were from Landscape Architecture students. This category consisted of ideas rethinking the equilibrium between the natural and built environments. Many of the submissions talked about the concept of fluid … Continue reading
Long Term Flood Resilience
An important element in helping Queensland to be better prepared for future flood events, is flood mapping. The Queensland Flood Commission’s final report noted the importance of flood mapping and has several recommendations around this issue. One quote from section … Continue reading
Can Infrastructure Protect Brisbane from Future Flood Events?
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, $14.5 billion was poured into the area to build a protection system including a 133 mile network of levees, floodwalls, flood gates, and pump stations. After being tested by Hurricane Isaac last week, there has … Continue reading
Integrating Flood Education into Queensland Schools
Following the QLD floods of 2010-2011, there has been much discussion about the preparedness of our communities. How much personal property would have been spared if people were more prepared? Would lives have been saved? Naturally, education plays an important … Continue reading
School of Ideas Presentation
The School of Ideas competition winners presented their idea at the International River Symposium on Monday. After three days of hard work at The Edge developing their presentation it was a relief to the students to be able to relax … Continue reading
School of Ideas Workshop: the business end
The School of Ideas Workshop entered it’s final session on Saturday and that meant the planning and developing had been completed and the time had come to build the object; the feature of Monday’s presentation.
School of Ideas Workshop Starts
The School of Ideas competition workshop started yesterday at The Edge. As the winners of the competition, students had a day of practicing their presentation techniques – often in different and unusual ways. One technique was the elevator pitch. The … Continue reading
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School Of Ideas Winners Announced
Following on from the success of Flood of Ideas, the School of Ideas competition got youngsters thinking about how to flood-proof Queensland for the years to come. Entry was open to students from prep (only 5 years of age!) to … Continue reading
Flood of Ideas Exhibition – Ideas Festival 2011
Flood of Ideas Exhibition – Ideas Festival 2011 When: Friday 20 May to Sunday 22 May, 10am to 8pm, Venue: The Studio, Level 1, State Library of Queensland, South Bank Where: Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, 4101 Contact: Christian … Continue reading
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