A group of students has designed a model for lightweight houses that are capable of sustaining floods by staying afloat.
Architecture students from the University of Karachi (KU) presented the economical, environmentally friendly, and mobile design of houses that can be utilized in flood-affected regions and particularly in villages.
As per the information, the model houses can reportedly be built at a cost of Rs. 50,000 to 100,000 as their construction only requires materials like bamboo, floor mat, mud, and recycled plastic bottles.
These houses can easily be transported to different places along with everything inside them like furniture, crockery, etc. in the event of a flood. Meanwhile, students have raised the walls of the houses up to 15 feet in cognizance of the recent floods that inundated under 10 feet of water.
KU’s Engineering Department has declared this model practical and has asked to have it executed as soon as possible. Over 30 million people have been displaced by the recent monsoon floods and only 4,000 have been given temporary tents that are not even safe and do not protect the rescued people from the elements.
