Of clever architects and disaster resilience buildings


Of clever architects and disaster resilience buildings

Natural disasters bring ill-health, economic losses, and deaths. Can architectural innovations create disaster-resilience buildings that will adapt with less damage?

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The contrasting human losses

seen in recent earthquakes

between countries

emphasises

disaster preparedness, and

clever architecture

in designing

disaster-resilience buildings.

will we see innovative designs for flood-resilient housing and buildings ….

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In countries

with frequent floods,

like the ones

by Yasmeen Lari, one of Pakistan’s most celebrated architects.

4 Comments

  1. A very compelling post! While I think we need to combat climate change, it is common sense to be prepared for likely disasters! ❤

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  2. Ab's avatar Ab says:

    It’s inspiring to see how some places are responding to climate change. It should never happen in the first place but glad there are people that are future thinking in their design work.

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  3. I hope more and more buildings in the future will be disaster resilient.

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  4. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:

    Countries with sufficient income for decent infrastructure and well trained rescue fare much better in similar conditions than countries that lack those resources.

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