Category Archives: Seismic

17 Aug, 2011

Green Roofs – Christchurch Draft City Plan

Having just returned from a visit from Christchurch I’m excited to see the Christchurch City Council have recently launched their draft city plan to help guide the rebuild after the earthquakes. The garden city as it is known will hopefully become the elevated garden city with promising signs that green architecture will be an important [...]

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17 May, 2011

Seismic Study

With consideration to the rebuild of Christchurch and public support for ‘elevating the garden city’ to the rooftops, I thought this study quite poignant. “Research into tuned liquid dampers revealed potential for the green roof to act in a similar fashion due to the drainage layer being able to store free water which would flow in [...]

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