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Helicopters with buckets to the rescue!!
To help flood proof Brisbane… you can use helicopters that have big buckets. These big buckets can be dipped into the Brisbane River to lower the water level and stop the water overflowing into the city. The water in the … Continue reading
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Drain make the rain go away
To flood proof Queensland we need to put lots more drains into the ground of the cities and towns. The water that goes onto the ground in the cities will then go into these drains and be taken away to … Continue reading
Tagged away, brisbane, cities, Dams, drain, drains, houses, Infrastructure, rain, Rivers, schoolofideas, water, water redirection
Control of the Dam
In exploring the recommendation of a ‘regulating reservoir’ at the junction of the Stanley and Brisbane rivers, Colonel John Pennycuick presented two ideas for important issues that would arise from the construction of this dam. The first idea addressed who … Continue reading
Stanley & Brisbane River Reservoir
Colonel John Pennycuick was commissioned by the Queensland Government to investigate the cause and impacts of the 1893 Brisbane flood and provide recommendations for preventing the occurrence of a similar disaster in the future. In November 1899 he published a … Continue reading
Brisbane River Improvements
In concluding his report for the Queensland Government of recommendations following the 1893 Brisbane flood, Colonel Pennycuick presented two key proposals. The first to create a ‘regulating reservoir’ at the junction of the Stanley and Brisbane rivers and the second, … Continue reading
Brisbane City Diversion Canal
As part Colonel Pennycuik’s report for the Queensland Government in 1899, he references an idea that he received in the form of a letter by Mr R. M. Stuart. Stuart’s idea was to create a diversion canal from the ‘left … Continue reading
G r a s p i n g R e s i l i e n c e
The design here is based primarily around ideas of fluid terrain, flood resilience, the tidal nature and natural systems. Tidal influences relate to the reintroduction of the New Farm Creek so that any water levels above the standard high tide … Continue reading
Kangaroo Point Boulders
Boulders create a permeable wall creating a space where water can move around freely and eventually eroding away the spaces in-between. As the space ages a fluid terrain is revealed, where the edge between river and land can no longer … Continue reading
Fluid Connectivity
Against the backdrop of the urban Brisbane City skyline and the iconic Story Bridge lies the historic Howard Smith Wharves parkland. This significant site within Brisbane was inundated by the recent January floods, showing the public that there needs to … Continue reading