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Our Houses Are Not Ready…Will Our Children’s HomesBe Stronger?
2009 April 22tags:Affordable Housing
 
,Architecture,Climate Change
 
,Disaster Recovery
 
,Housing Policy
 
,Hurricanes,Technology
 
,Weather ,Workforce Housing  by Mitch Chester As a resident of South Florida, each year I wonder 
…
 are we ready?
Is our housing stock prepared for a Category 4 or 5 hurricane that has theimmense and unrelenting destructive power that can literally smash entiremunicipalities on the scale of 
Katrina
…or worse?The answer, of course, is a resounding NO. Only a relatively few homesacross cyclonic-prone areas can withstand such fury. The challenges, andopportunities, for new building technologies are immense.It’s obvious. One of the problems we must avert, with all deliberate speed,is inadequate residential architecture which is incapable of dealing withsustained winds above 100 miles per hour.
No matter what modernbuilding codes are in effect, this question is worthy of constant andurgent study, as architects and engineers develop new building anddesign strategies to “harden” our homes.
Many questions persist about this issue, but not just in the aftermath of 
Katrina
. As I toured Florida City in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in1992, I witnessed crumbled brick buildings, a steel framewarehouse whichonce stood proud bent like a collection of weak and feeble straws, and houses smashed as if King Kong had rummaged through the small cityin a furious fit. Since then, building codes have been reviewed and upgraded, but research continues. The video which appears above shows aninternational effort, spear headed by the
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
, to create a stronger, more resistant, “Hurricane House.”Are we ready? Not by a long run. Can we get there? With more research like NJIT’s, perhaps so.
It will take decades for thehousing stock tocollectively be strong enough to successfully avert the widespread damage of an
 Andrew
…but we owe it to our children, and theirs, toget on with the business of designing and building stronger, smarter, homes.
 
With the “Green” revolution and the effort to create“sustainable” places to live, we must not be blind to the need to
 also
create hurricane resistantstructures. At the same time as we try toreduce the carbon footprint of homes, we can, and must, integrate hardening concepts into 21st century communities.
If you are an architect or engineer, tell us if you have been involved in the science of hurricane fortification, and the challenges of making our homes tough enough for future generations. Speak out on what your professions are doing to attack this problem and embrace theopportunities it presents.Edit This from
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