Flood Risk
Design and planning strategies that address flood vulnerability through resilience, adaptation, and community-centered solutions.
Community Based Development for Annually Flood Affected People of Jamuna Riverbank, Sirajganj
Flood resilient architecture for Jamuna River communities proposing bamboo stilt housing, shared courtyards, and adaptive settlement design.
Commune Ark: Floating Settlements That Refuse to Retreat from the Floodplain
A modular housing system along a 1 km embankment reimagines river delta communities as adaptive, buoyant clusters rather than victims of displacement.
A Dialogue with Nature: Stilt-Based Housing That Accepts Flooding Instead of Fighting It
A shortlisted HEAL+ entry proposes 100 elevated housing units organized around water-absorbing pits and permeable street networks in flood-prone terrain.
Directing the Flood: Designing a Neighborhood That Channels Water Instead of Fighting It
Ekaterina Popova's flood-resilient urban plan uses sunken streets and landscape reservoirs to let water move through the city on its own terms.
A DIY Flooding Toolbox for Kerala: Modular Resilience Built by Communities
A participatory kit of bamboo, clay, and floating platforms lets Kerala's residents construct flood-adaptive housing on their own terms.
Mangrove Swamp: Modular Flood-Resilient Housing Rooted in Ecological Logic
A pile-dwelling settlement inspired by mangrove root systems adapts, expands, and transforms into emergency shelter during floods.
Building Smarter, Building Together: Cooperative Flood Resilience for Kerala's Communities
A community-driven housing strategy that transforms neighborhoods into resilient networks through shared infrastructure, smart streets, and adaptive landsc
The Flood Resilient Community: Turning Floodwater into Food, Shelter, and Mobility
A 100-home settlement for Kerala where aquaponics pits, inverted roofs, and canal networks transform flood vulnerability into self-sufficiency.
Re-Folded House: Flood Resilient House Design by Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses
Vancouver’s Re-Folded House reimagines flood resilient house design with folded geometries, Accoya cladding, and landscape layers tuned to river risk.
CIDADE RAIZ
Cidade Riaz , Community Housing - An addition to the social fabric of Lisbon
FLOOD RESILIENT HOUSING
This journal seeks to lessen the disastrous effects of floods on communities, built environment & the necessity of designing and building homes that can resist and recover from flood occurrence.
