The concept of ecologically sensitive residential development for areas at risk from natural disasters
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Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki
Podhalańska Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Targu, Poland
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Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki, Instytut Inżynierii Środowiska
Państwowa Podhalańska Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Nowym Targu, Poland
Publication date: 2013-09-30
Geomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape 2013;(3)
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Climate change has dramatically increased the frequency of natural disasters that destroy ever-larger areas inhabited by people. Thus, a complete change of spatial planning conception is
needed.
This paper aims to describe the technical capabilities of ArchitrAdom, an innovative construction and architectural project. The structure has been designed for use in areas at risk from
natural disasters: floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. It eliminates the drawbacks of traditional
residential developments, which is not disaster-resistant. This project allows for whole urban
organisms to be build.
The project’s focus is on elevating usable area above the surface of the flooded terrain and shaping the building; as to make it as resistant to wind force as possible. The other key aspect is the
integration of the structure by means of lines and bands which increases the buildings resilience.
The advantages of ArchitrAdom are:
• resistance to natural disasters and the effects of climate change,
• various adaptations: residential establishments, public utility buildings, public space, etc.,
• significant flexibility in forming groups of buildings: villages, housing estates, quarters, towns,
etc.,
• the highest respect for rules of sustainable and ecological design,
• an advantage in advanced prefabrication to minimizes costs.