This home could survive Mother Nature's worst disasters
Our home is our castle and now researchers are working on ways to make them a fortress against fires, floods and storms. Scientists from the CSIRO and James Cook University's Cyclone Testing Station, alongside Room 11 Architects, partnered with Suncorp to create a house capable of withstanding our biggest natural disaster threats. Modelled on a three-bedroom Queenslander, the prototype, called One House, leans on decades of post-disaster damage surveys and incorporates designs and available materials to better equip a house to withstand whatever nature throws at it. A render of the redesi...
Source: qt.com.au