Designing for Disaster
Sunday, May 11, 20145 PM — Sunday, Aug 2, 20155 PMEDT
| National Building Museum, 401 F St NW Washington, DC
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Orleans Parish, Louisiana, January 2011. The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier, a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is located 12 miles east of downtown New Orleans. It was constructed after Hurricane Katrina to reduce the risk of storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Paul Floro.
Natural disasters can impact any of us, anywhere, at any time. In 2012, the financial toll in the United States alone exceeded $100 billion, and the loss of life and emotional toll is immeasurable. No region of the country is immune—112 events in 32 states were declared natural disasters in the U.S. during 2012. The National Building Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Designing for Disaster, will examine how we assess risks from natural hazards and how we can create policies, plans, and designs yielding safer, more disaster-resilient communities. Two primary questions will help guide the Museum’s approach: - Where should we build? - How should we build? Through unique objects, captivating graphics, and multimedia—including video testimonials—the exhibition will explore new solutions for, and historical responses to, a range of natural hazards, including earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, storm surge, flooding, seal level rise, tsunamis, and wildfires. Designing for Disaster will discuss disaster mitigation as an evolving science and highlight the tools and strategies that today’s planners, engineers, designers, emergency managers, scientists, environmentalists, and various business and community leaders are investigating and adopting to build safer, more disaster-resilient communities. Because of the importance of housing the exhibition will feature exemplary disaster-resistant residential design. In addition, the exhibition will also highlight a variety of other building or facilities: hospitals, schools, airports, public arenas/stadiums, fire/police stations, public transportation networks/systems, commercial buildings, and retail outlets. The selected structures will be geographically dispersed throughout the country and will have been designed to address at least one hazard in an exemplary way. By showcasing innovative research, cutting-edge materials and technologies, and new thinking about how to work with natural systems and the environment, the exhibition will present a range of viable responses that are functional, pragmatic, and beautiful. The exhibition will be complemented by vigorous education programming and online content. Open through August 2, 2015. National Building Museum
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