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Floaty House
This is a house surrounded by as floaty (made of indestructible material) that inflates when you hit a button. This floaty goes around the perimeter of the house. When the water comes, instead of the water flooding everything, the house … Continue reading
Tagged anchoring, construction, float, floaty, flood, house, materials, motor, residential, resilienthomes, schoolofideas
Underground high-rise buildings
The picture drawn shows the solution for Brisbane flooding in 100 years. The buildings in 100 years will be underground high-rise buildings of apartments and work buildings. The buildings are not drawn to scale so there would be several more … Continue reading
A big plug hole
To flood proof our houses we can change how we build them. We can build our houses using concrete as the base. In this concrete we have a plug. This plug has a sensor and when it feels that water … Continue reading
Tagged building, concrete, construction, drain, flooding, housing, materials, plug, resilience, resilienthomes, schoolofideas, sensor, stop, sucked, water
We can’t flood proof – but we can redesign houses!
I don’t think we can flood proof Queensland because we can’t control the rain. I think we can just stop the damage floods cause. So, we need to build our houses on a big block of cement. This will make … Continue reading
Tagged away, block, can't, cement, construction, damage, flood, footing, foundation, high, materials, proof, resilienthomes, schoolofideas, slab, strong, wash, water
Our Flood Proof House
*House on raised surface to prevent water near the house *Two water tanks-one on the property and one that can be underground *sloped roof so waer can run off *Drainage pipes under surface of the grass which collect water and … Continue reading
Tagged construction, housing, model, raised home, resilient homes, run off, schoolofideas, water storage
Solar Tower Project
I am constructing a house that I designed to cope with flooding among other things. My main structural concerns were wind, flooding, and soil instability and movement, followed by fire and termite resistance. The lowest level will be sacrificial non … Continue reading
SKIP-HOUSE
SKIP-HOUSE is designed to provide temporary accommodation for flood displaced residents. The concept is simple, REDUCE the amount of embodied energy and processing in creating a 1 in 30 year product by RE-USING an existing implementation system, materials and existing … Continue reading
Urban Renewal Of The Floodplain
Knock down old low density areas on badly affected floodplains. Replace with self-funding high-rise residential towers scattered on floodplain and accessed by flood proof tunnels. Increase flood conveyance of the floodplain around the scattered residential towers.
Raising of Brick and Stone Buildings
There is technology currently available in Australia to raise brick and stone buildings including slab on grade construction. Similar to wood frame ‘Queenslanders’ these buildings can be raised above the flood level with the ground storey reserved for car parking … Continue reading