Focus Area
Energy, Sustainability
Discipline
Community Engagement, Construction, Seismic Engineering
Region
UKMEA
Year
Ongoing
How the cost of earthquake-resistant housing can be reduced to save lives in developing countries
Much is known today about the principles of seismically-resistant building construction, yet these techniques are often prohibitively expensive and complex for use in the developing world.
To meet this challenge, Arup engineers have been researching new ways of building earthquake-resistant homes that are both environmentally sustainable and low-cost.
