Stilts

Stilts

Changes in Flood Risk – Setting the Stage

Published in Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Changes in Flood Risk in Europe, 2019

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Erich J. Plate, Harvey J. E. Rodda, John C. Rodda, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Witold G. Strupczewski

Object protection is a simple strategy, effective for flooding levels that are not too high. People can build walls around their properties, or water proof low parts of their houses, or elevate the thresholds of the doors; in many regions, living quarters are half a storey above ground, with the basement used for goods that can be flooded, while valuables that may be damaged are kept on higher levels of the houses. In some areas, people protect themselves from frequent flooding by building their houses on stilts, so that the floor of the living area is above flood level.

Baan Fai Rim Ping: a haptic approach to the phenomenon of genius loci by a riverside residence in Thailand

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Published in Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023

Koompong Noobanjong, Chaturong Louhapensang

The design of Baan Fai Rim Ping was commensurate with another aspect of traditional Thai houses: elevated floors. By constructing the entire building on stilts, historic Thai dwellings could prevent flood water from entering the living areas, whereas the space underneath them could be utilised for storage and resting during the hot daytime. This open space under the main bodies of those structures permitted movements of air to circulate through the houses in both vertical and horizontal directions (Figure 8).

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