Disaster Resistant Home Design

 

Are you tired of living in a home that doesn’t provide true security against common natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, floods, falling trees?  It is possible to design a house highly resistant to damage from these threats.

 

Learn how certain building geometries and construction materials can provide you with the highest probability of surviving such extreme events!

 

 

CURRICULUM

 

BUILDING GEOMETRY

BUILDINGS OF CIRCULAR HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTION

A) Domes

B) Cylinders

C) Cones

D) Frustums (Truncated Cones)

E) Tori (Rings, Doughnuts)

 

POLYGONAL APPROXIMATIONS TO A CIRCLE

A) Pentagons

B) Hexagons

C) Octagons

D) 10, 12, 16, 20, 24 Sided Polygons

 

HEIGHT TO BASE RATIOS

A) H/B less than or equal to 1

B) H/B greater than 1

 

BUILDING MATERIALS

A) Reinforced Concrete

B) Reinforced Geopolymer

C) Structural Steel and Impact Resistant Glass

D) Earthbags

E) Earth Sheltered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALL NOW TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT!

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TIM CHARLES

(734) 214-1263

3588 Plymouth Rd. #269

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

 

 

Photos & Graphic Courtesy of…

victoriaadvocate.com

abcdomes.com

engineeredaspect.blogspot.com