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!

 

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CURRICULUM

 

BUILDING GEOMETRY

BUILDINGS OF CIRCULAR HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTION

A) Domes

B) Cylinders

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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

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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