FLOOD PROOF
Hurricane Katrina; 44,000 housing units are scheduled to be condemned or demolished – US Census, 2010
The fallout of this statistic;
1. Toxic waste – landfilling brought to a new scale
2. Accelerated resource extraction (including deforestation) for new housing
3. Personal tragedies
Imagine if our buildings were resilient to flooding.
- Residents of an area are warned to prepare for flooding.
- The owner’s belongings move to the second floor.
- The SIREWALLS get wet.
- The flood recedes.
- SIREWALLs dry out.
- Belongings get brought back down.
- Life goes on
What will happen to SIREWALL in the event of a flood? Nothing.
