Floodplain Build/Rebuild Ideas Australia

04/08/2022

Sponge Cities ❤️

Meet the architects igniting a green city revolution.

22/07/2022

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-21/netherlands-cardboard-floating-homes-wikkelboats-a-solution/101259304

24/04/2022

Sustainable Brisbane's Flood Resilient Design. Easy to understand, lots of pics and tips. Download the showcase by clicking on link at the end... "Full list of all flood resilient design strategies"
https://www.sustainablebrisbane.com.au/flood-resilient-design/

18/04/2022

Retrofitting your home for flood resilience. By James Davidson JDA Co. Copied from zerobyron.org

https://zerobyron.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Retrofitting-Your-Home-for-Flood-Resilience-James-Davidson-.pdf

18/04/2022

https://zerobyron.org/2022/03/26/flood-resilient-materials-draft/

18/04/2022

Working with Council to build business back more flood resistant.

After a week of tears and doubts, South Lismore business owner Stephen Butcher came up with a plan to rebuild his business to withstand the next flood.

09/04/2022

Absolutely brilliant ⭐️

"The solution was an amphibious house, a building that rests on the ground when conditions are dry, but rises up in its dock and floats during a flood."..
Hydroscapes > A carefully laid out garden acts as a natural flood warning system. Terraces set at different levels are designed to flood incrementally and alert the occupants well before the flood water reaches a threatening level – at Baca Architects, we term this an ‘ intuitive landscape’.

(We also used it as our cover pic inspiration. ❤️)

The UK’s first Amphibious House. A small island located on the River Thames, in south Buckinghamshire, is home to 15 houses. The houses, which were mostly built before the 1950s, are typically raised about 1 m off the ground on timber piles to protect them from flooding. At the time of constructio...

09/04/2022

This one is a little more confronting regarding disasters which have caused the need for floating housing but worth the read if you're not too fragile atm ❤️

"It's better not to fight nature, but to work with nature, and amphibious architecture is one answer," says Site-Specific architect Chuta Sinthuphan.

09/04/2022

But what if we could keep the integrity of the boaty part too? Literally build an ark.

What will they think of next?

08/04/2022

Thinking today on all things insulation for flood prone areas. Reading that closed cell plastic foam is best for resistance to floodwater and damage even in moving water. So what about insulated panel like is used to build eskys? Does anyone have any info on building with this - I know that some of the car showrooms in Brisbane used to be built with this. I don't think structurally sound though so would still need framing. Could insulated paneling be used on the inside of a frame with a view to replacing with steel frame at a later date?

08/04/2022

Before even attempting to incorporate potential flood protection within a house, the very first thing that needs to be addressed is a risk assessment of the probable flood depth that the house will be subjected to. The key reason for this is because any house that is likely to flood to a depth of 500mm or more should not be built with the intention of keeping water out as this could cause the house to collapse due to hydrostatic pressure. An alternative is to design the home using resilient materials in order to minimise potential damage from flooding as well as giving the house a chance to dry out after the flood is over.

In an ideal world no one would want to be building or rebuilding in a flood zone, but with such competition for land this is something that cannot be avoided all the time. Before even attempting to incorporate potential flood protection within a house, the very first thing that needs to be addressed...