Comments on: Flood Houses Of The Future – Winners Announced

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By: Hosea Ilalio

Hosea Ilalio — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:41:11 +0000

LOL — I had to read it a bunch of times, but I got the point

By: Stef from aus

Stef from aus — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:50:41 +0000

i agree with what you’re saying, Aidy, however, it is important to realise that if the area you are constructing in has no, referring to your example, tsunami risks at all, then there in no point on adding expenses to the project for no reason. Its like putting a fire-proof house in the middle of the snow.
the aesthetic features of the houses too, can also play a part in protecting the house. you will find that yes they may all look just fancy and nothing like they play a part in making sure the house remains intact, however, these competition judges pick out the best designs of all the entries. you’d think they work. I’m sure i do

By: jon from essex

jon from essex — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:58:40 +0000

someone should give that ady mad a job he seems to know wot hes talkin about

By: Aidy Madd

Aidy Madd — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:55:21 +0000

A few years ago it occurred to me that if you hit a slab sided structure with the high powered force of fast travelling water it will quite simply destroy it, as we are now seeing with Tsunamis. It’s ok building all these lovely floating structures that rise above the ground and float on the flood. Yeah, right!! So whats going to happen to these wonderful buildings when a tsunami hits. “oh we don’t get tsunamis here”, they say. And look what happens to those complacent ones.
If we look at; for example, huts in Africa. These are built to suit the surrounding areas they inhabit. Ones that are found in high flood areas are not just built on raised platforms to get away from the threats of the land like wild animals as well as the weather but also these platforms/houses are built on stilts constructed at a 45% angle to the vertical.
I’ve built some test structures in my garden using all kinds of junk etc and every single one stands up to more abuse than a structure built around 90%, in other words, a box. If a structure can be made to look like a cube, it can be made like a triangle.
The other advantage to this shape is the upward and downward wind vortices that can be created for vertical vane wind turbines on individual structures.
We need to be concentrating on adapting our building designs that are functional rather than aesthetically identical to every other new design out there.
For those of you creative types out there, build a raised house with 45% supports on its own base with pontoons underneath that, tied down with anchors that work like retractable dog leads.
Come on Architect type people, build something that’ll work and not just look good.
Aidy Madd

By: florida avmed

florida avmed — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:58:08 +0000

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By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:15:57 +0000

We have similiar situation in Australia

By: Dan Wittenberg

Dan Wittenberg — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:54:44 +0000

We canadians have resolved this issue 25 years ago. To us, the surface of the water is Real Estate. The only difference is it has a special foundation condition.