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ENGINEERS (ARCHITECTS)WITHOUT BORDERS
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ENGINEERS (H) (ARCHITECTS)WITHOUT BORDERS :D =
Well after witnessing heart breaking disaster what we can lean from it is also that ,we pay the price of Ignorance and lack of developing with time.
SEAsia Earthquake lesson taught us well............ to look up,study,reseach,adpot advance technology available of course by trial and error! we should study and research the natural disasters too to be able to predict some disaster ahead of time.
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Volunteer to help Architects/meterologist / Constructor=
333 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 728, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: 312-781-1831, 312-781-1833
Fax: 312-781-1839
E-mail: [email protected]
1. Mr Aitzaz Ahmed is the Consul General and heads the Chicago Consulate. 312-781-1831
ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, IOWA, MISSOURI AND INDIANA
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3517 International Court, NW
Washington DC, 20008
Phone: 202-243-6500
Email: [email protected]
OR
CONTACT LOCAL ENGINEERING COLLEGES TO GIVE FREE SEMINARS AND COACHING.
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A good example for us would be Tokyo, where earthquakes are frequent. Tokyo is now sprouting high-rise building faster than almost any other places on earth.It should be the development of better earthquake-proof technology also produce a dramatic fall in land prices the economics and real state.I personally prefer the Japanese earth quake Architecture ,but we should also check what magnitude of earth quakes they have? Is it weaker or stronger than ones we had?
Q= What do we need to learn from this devastating experience We need to improve Architecture in many ways Some suggestions are as follows???
1=Earthquake-resistance Diagnosis of RC Buildings, Oscillation Measurement, How to Measure Horizontal Stiffness, Analysis of Response to Earthquakes
2=Research on CAD for Architecture, and Response of Buildings to Earthquakes
3=How to Evaluate the Performance of Materials for Structure, Structural Components, and Parts
4=Research on Residences, Residential Backgrounds, How to Develop Housing Plans in the Community
5=Forecasts on the Amount of Snow on the Roof in a Wind-Tunnel Experiment, How to Make Existing Buildings More Earthquake-Resistant by Steel-Framed Brace
6=Survey and Research on Historical Structures and Settlements, and Traditional Craftsmen
7=Research on Antiquate Designs of Skyscraper Structures of Reinforced Concrete, and Recycled Concrete
8=Planning of Communities in Adverse Environments such as Rural Districts, Agricultural Villages, Mountain Villages, and Snowy Villages
9=Techniques of Architectural Design and Expressions on Drawing, and Urban and Rural Landscape
10=Research on Antiquate Designs of PC Structure, Mixed Structure, Wooden Structure
11=Research and Development of Three-Dimensional Truss Compound Panel, Use of Natural Energy for Construction Work
12=Analysis of Urban Environments Using Artificial Satellite Data, Basic Research on Forecasts about (Environment) Noise
13=Planning and Study on Facilities and Living Environment for Elderly People
14=Research on Degree of Deterioration of Concrete of Existing Architectural Structures
15=Research on Safe and Comfortable Base-isolated Structures
16=Disaster Prevention Planning in the Community and Community-based Environmental Program
17= We should also look up new researches available and how much do they apply to us. Is there any thing better out there which is not only economical but also more durable?
Earth quake proof US technology Link=
www.fas.org contentId=385
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The Federation of American Scientists=
Contact : Mileva Radonjic ([email protected])
Contact: Rachel Jagoda 202 454 4690 and [email protected]
An innovative house design just passed the most rigorous possible test for standing up in earthquakes. The 2-story test unit, built using inexpensive, off-the-shelf materials, has no frame and uses no wood.
"This test is the last of a series proving that these inexpensive composite panels can be used to build homes that are safer, less expensive to build and operate and more comfortable than conventional home construction,"
The test was a collaboration between the Federation of American Scientists and the Thermasave Corporation of Florence, Alabama
"Test showed that a home built from these materials would have survived the most severe earthquake ever recorded,"
This test demonstrates that homes can meet the most rigorous seismic standards without increasing cost.
In fact the structure is less expensive to build than standard 2x4 framed construction and much more energy efficient." The construction system uses panels for the walls, floor and ceiling.
Each panel is in effect a sandwich of expanded polystyrene material similar to Styrofoam in coffee cups. It is cladded on both sides with cement board, a product now used in rooms where moisture may be a problem. No wood is required to make these structures rigid.
FAS will use the technology to build an elegant home in Houston this summer, demonstrating that it is compatible with the highest standards of U.S. architecture.
The system could have wide application as low-cost housing that is safe in areas prone to severe earthquakes such as Afghanistan and Turkey.
"This highly affordable technology can help prevent the devastating loss of life experienced in these countries in the most severe earthquakes and even in comparatively modest ones of about Richter Scale 6,"
The FAS is a non-profit scientific group dedicated to responsible use of technology.
It has over 50 Nobel prizewinners on its Board of Sponsors and programs in military analysis, nonproliferation, learning technology and sustainable housing.
For pictures go to fas.org.
Click on the lead item and then open Housing Technology Image Gallery.
For more information on this project go to fas.org and click on Housing Technology.
Media should contact Deborah Shapley Communications Director
202.454.4680
[email protected].
Replica RIAI plaques adorn the walls of a village in El Salvador where houses are being built to resist earthquakes.
How architect and Tr?caire boss Justin Kilcullen combined design skills and knowledge of the developing world to help create them
"All credit must go the the Institute (RIAI) for accepting our project in the spirit it was intended,"
Justin Kilcullen, director of Tr?caire, whose earthquake-resistant housing in El Salvador recently won an Irish Architecture Award in the Overseas (over ?300,000) category.
And it's true that the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland probably had to think sideways on this one: aesthetics usually count for a lot in these awards but, as Justin says, beauty wasn't the main criteria on this project.
The clever architectural solutions are hidden within essentially vernacular homes built with basic materials, such as adobe, brick, bamboo and chicken wire."It's not earthquakes that kill people," says Justin.
"It's buildings falling on them." It's clear that a heavy-tile roof, timber and blockwork poses more of a death-threat than crinkly tin and adobe.Justin, who graduated from UCD's Architectural School in 1975, knew that there were ways in which buildings could be made more resistant to earthquakes and set out to find local expertise. He found that the research had been done in a local university."There's a often a problem where people have carried out the research but don't have the money to implement it. At the same time, other people have the money but don't know where to source the information.
A World Bank scheme applied so many standards to their buildings that the houses eventually went to the middle classes.
The way the architects used their design skills was ingenious: roofs were made of corrugated metal and held separate from the wall structure, on columns, so that if the house shook both wall and roof would survive.
They created a sort of localized reinforced concrete, by running sticks of bamboo through the adobe mix used to build the walls.Adobe is usually made from soil, sand and water but they found that adding a bit of cement (one part to 16) made the material much stronger.The foundations were made strong: built from stone and cement (a ratio of 1:4 cement and sand).
The villagers were amazed that a country as far away as Ireland should recognize what they've done. Replica RIAI plaques now adorn village walls.
ENGINEERS (H) (ARCHITECTS)WITHOUT BORDERS :D =
Well after witnessing heart breaking disaster what we can lean from it is also that ,we pay the price of Ignorance and lack of developing with time.
SEAsia Earthquake lesson taught us well............ to look up,study,reseach,adpot advance technology available of course by trial and error! we should study and research the natural disasters too to be able to predict some disaster ahead of time.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ **~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Volunteer to help Architects/meterologist / Constructor=
333 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 728, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: 312-781-1831, 312-781-1833
Fax: 312-781-1839
E-mail: [email protected]
1. Mr Aitzaz Ahmed is the Consul General and heads the Chicago Consulate. 312-781-1831
ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, IOWA, MISSOURI AND INDIANA
----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -
3517 International Court, NW
Washington DC, 20008
Phone: 202-243-6500
Email: [email protected]
OR
CONTACT LOCAL ENGINEERING COLLEGES TO GIVE FREE SEMINARS AND COACHING.
----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ------------------
A good example for us would be Tokyo, where earthquakes are frequent. Tokyo is now sprouting high-rise building faster than almost any other places on earth.It should be the development of better earthquake-proof technology also produce a dramatic fall in land prices the economics and real state.I personally prefer the Japanese earth quake Architecture ,but we should also check what magnitude of earth quakes they have? Is it weaker or stronger than ones we had?
Q= What do we need to learn from this devastating experience We need to improve Architecture in many ways Some suggestions are as follows???
1=Earthquake-resistance Diagnosis of RC Buildings, Oscillation Measurement, How to Measure Horizontal Stiffness, Analysis of Response to Earthquakes
2=Research on CAD for Architecture, and Response of Buildings to Earthquakes
3=How to Evaluate the Performance of Materials for Structure, Structural Components, and Parts
4=Research on Residences, Residential Backgrounds, How to Develop Housing Plans in the Community
5=Forecasts on the Amount of Snow on the Roof in a Wind-Tunnel Experiment, How to Make Existing Buildings More Earthquake-Resistant by Steel-Framed Brace
6=Survey and Research on Historical Structures and Settlements, and Traditional Craftsmen
7=Research on Antiquate Designs of Skyscraper Structures of Reinforced Concrete, and Recycled Concrete
8=Planning of Communities in Adverse Environments such as Rural Districts, Agricultural Villages, Mountain Villages, and Snowy Villages
9=Techniques of Architectural Design and Expressions on Drawing, and Urban and Rural Landscape
10=Research on Antiquate Designs of PC Structure, Mixed Structure, Wooden Structure
11=Research and Development of Three-Dimensional Truss Compound Panel, Use of Natural Energy for Construction Work
12=Analysis of Urban Environments Using Artificial Satellite Data, Basic Research on Forecasts about (Environment) Noise
13=Planning and Study on Facilities and Living Environment for Elderly People
14=Research on Degree of Deterioration of Concrete of Existing Architectural Structures
15=Research on Safe and Comfortable Base-isolated Structures
16=Disaster Prevention Planning in the Community and Community-based Environmental Program
17= We should also look up new researches available and how much do they apply to us. Is there any thing better out there which is not only economical but also more durable?
Earth quake proof US technology Link=
www.fas.org contentId=385
----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------
The Federation of American Scientists=
Contact : Mileva Radonjic ([email protected])
Contact: Rachel Jagoda 202 454 4690 and [email protected]
An innovative house design just passed the most rigorous possible test for standing up in earthquakes. The 2-story test unit, built using inexpensive, off-the-shelf materials, has no frame and uses no wood.
"This test is the last of a series proving that these inexpensive composite panels can be used to build homes that are safer, less expensive to build and operate and more comfortable than conventional home construction,"
The test was a collaboration between the Federation of American Scientists and the Thermasave Corporation of Florence, Alabama
"Test showed that a home built from these materials would have survived the most severe earthquake ever recorded,"
This test demonstrates that homes can meet the most rigorous seismic standards without increasing cost.
In fact the structure is less expensive to build than standard 2x4 framed construction and much more energy efficient." The construction system uses panels for the walls, floor and ceiling.
Each panel is in effect a sandwich of expanded polystyrene material similar to Styrofoam in coffee cups. It is cladded on both sides with cement board, a product now used in rooms where moisture may be a problem. No wood is required to make these structures rigid.
FAS will use the technology to build an elegant home in Houston this summer, demonstrating that it is compatible with the highest standards of U.S. architecture.
The system could have wide application as low-cost housing that is safe in areas prone to severe earthquakes such as Afghanistan and Turkey.
"This highly affordable technology can help prevent the devastating loss of life experienced in these countries in the most severe earthquakes and even in comparatively modest ones of about Richter Scale 6,"
The FAS is a non-profit scientific group dedicated to responsible use of technology.
It has over 50 Nobel prizewinners on its Board of Sponsors and programs in military analysis, nonproliferation, learning technology and sustainable housing.
For pictures go to fas.org.
Click on the lead item and then open Housing Technology Image Gallery.
For more information on this project go to fas.org and click on Housing Technology.
Media should contact Deborah Shapley Communications Director
202.454.4680
[email protected].
Replica RIAI plaques adorn the walls of a village in El Salvador where houses are being built to resist earthquakes.
How architect and Tr?caire boss Justin Kilcullen combined design skills and knowledge of the developing world to help create them
"All credit must go the the Institute (RIAI) for accepting our project in the spirit it was intended,"
Justin Kilcullen, director of Tr?caire, whose earthquake-resistant housing in El Salvador recently won an Irish Architecture Award in the Overseas (over ?300,000) category.
And it's true that the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland probably had to think sideways on this one: aesthetics usually count for a lot in these awards but, as Justin says, beauty wasn't the main criteria on this project.
The clever architectural solutions are hidden within essentially vernacular homes built with basic materials, such as adobe, brick, bamboo and chicken wire."It's not earthquakes that kill people," says Justin.
"It's buildings falling on them." It's clear that a heavy-tile roof, timber and blockwork poses more of a death-threat than crinkly tin and adobe.Justin, who graduated from UCD's Architectural School in 1975, knew that there were ways in which buildings could be made more resistant to earthquakes and set out to find local expertise. He found that the research had been done in a local university."There's a often a problem where people have carried out the research but don't have the money to implement it. At the same time, other people have the money but don't know where to source the information.
A World Bank scheme applied so many standards to their buildings that the houses eventually went to the middle classes.
The way the architects used their design skills was ingenious: roofs were made of corrugated metal and held separate from the wall structure, on columns, so that if the house shook both wall and roof would survive.
They created a sort of localized reinforced concrete, by running sticks of bamboo through the adobe mix used to build the walls.Adobe is usually made from soil, sand and water but they found that adding a bit of cement (one part to 16) made the material much stronger.The foundations were made strong: built from stone and cement (a ratio of 1:4 cement and sand).
The villagers were amazed that a country as far away as Ireland should recognize what they've done. Replica RIAI plaques now adorn village walls.