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.