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Flood Link – Rashan, Travis, Nathan & Dave
An idea ‘outside the box’, capturing the imagination of young architect’s minds and combining it with the Brisbane flood crisis to create a better environment for the victims. This design proposes an idea to preserve the precious belongings of flood … Continue reading
Tagged Architecture, emergency kit, floating, Infrastructure, possessions, QUT, security, shelter, Student idea, technology, walk way, walkway
Floatable House
The ‘Floatable House’, designed by Matrix Design & Planning, is a conceptual proposal combining the house with a floating system. The floating system comprises three key components. 1.Movable Footing Due to the renovated structure of reverse trapezium shape struts sleeving … Continue reading
Tagged airbag, Architecture, concept, earthquake, floatable, floating, flood, house, Queensland, resilienthomes, structure
The Annex
The Annex is a lightweight beach house that was designed as a weekender for a city based family. The site is 100 m from the beach and faces west over a tea tree coloured creek. The local council required the … Continue reading
Tagged Architecture, beach house, design, flood, materials, pods, removable, resilienthomes, semipermanent
Amphibious Buildings
It is proposed that new buildings located in flood prone areas are to be constructed as light weight structures able to float as water rises beneath them. The building will be placed on telescopic columns able to withstand hydraulic pressure … Continue reading
Tagged Architecture, construction, resilienthomes, technology
Prefab Queenslander
House Layout and Description About 60% of the ground floor area is open but at the same time secure. The screening, both metal and timber, allows for potential flood water to pass through with relative ease. The laundry cabinetry and … Continue reading
Liftable Buildings
It is proposed that new buildings located on flood-able areas are to be constructed as light weight structures and are able to be lifted to safe elevation levels as water rise beneath them. The building will be placed on telescopic … Continue reading
Split-level Townhouses
Where flood risks are moderate, an alternative to raising habitable floors a full-storey above ground, is to consider the use of split level sections. Where living, bedroom and bathroom levels are only half a storey apart, movement between levels is … Continue reading
Tagged Architecture, building typology, resilienthomes
Building Tall
The floods should give us cause to rethink the appropriateness of single storey housing. Two or three storey houses occupy much less site allowing more substantial vegetation, better privacy, outlook and cross-ventilation. In a flood, residents of a single storey … Continue reading
NEW.FARM
NEW.FARM is a hypothetical scheme for Brisbane’s river suburbs that retrofits a response to the landscape into the existing city fabric. It is a rearrangement more than a re-design, building on the opportunities presented by the adaptable ‘Queenslander’ house type. … Continue reading
The Flood Response Tower
Brisbane City Council said almost one year’s worth of landfill was picked up during last month’s clean-up – 291,000 tonnes of rubbish… It would seem that many people were unprepared for the flooding in their neighbourhood or were unable to … Continue reading