The design of a modular, amphibious structure for a flood and typhoon-prone municipality: Hagonoy, the Philippines

Introduction The daily life of inhabitants of Hagonoy, the Philippines, is affected by tidal and fluvial floods. Ground subsidence is the main cause of a worsening trend of these floods. Excessive uncontrolled groundwater subtraction creates a ground level decrease up to 5 cm per year. In combination with yearly six to nine typhoons raging over...

Technical feasibility of a demountable floating body for a demountable stadium

Stadiums which are built for large events like, the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup are often not used after the events. Next to that is land space in urban areas becoming scarce in the near future. Therefore multiple use of land will become more important. A solution for the empty stadiums is to make use of demountable stadiums. These...