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What Will Future Housing Be Like After The Covid19- Pandemic?, Ahmad Ai-Dafar
What Will Future Housing Be Like After The Covid19- Pandemic?, Ahmad Ai-Dafar
English Language Institute
This poster discusses how the Covid19-Pandemic has influenced rapid changes in housing design trends with a greater focus put on the multiple uses of interior spaces. The post-pandemic house will be ready to serve as an office, a school, a park or even a meditation space. It will have to operate independently making it possible for inhabitants to generate their own electricity and water and grow food.
Shower Atomization, Chirag Ayappa Ravishankar,
Shower Atomization, Chirag Ayappa Ravishankar,
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The research will help to design a shower for Dr. Chelson’s shelter, which can control the water flow, pressure and duration of the shower, which optimizes the utilization of water. The showers could be used in drought-hit areas where water is very scarce, as daily sanitation needs are necessary to keep a person safe and healthy without wasting water. The report from, World Health Organization shows that showers consume the most water. A timed shower could help resolve this issue through eliminating the wastage. Eco-friendly environmentalists may also be attracted to the showers, as their main purposes are to save …
Domestic Cisterns In Charleston, South Carolina: Public Health And Private Water In An Antebellum City, Brittany Mckee
Domestic Cisterns In Charleston, South Carolina: Public Health And Private Water In An Antebellum City, Brittany Mckee
All Theses
This study is the first comprehensive analysis of domestic cisterns in the antebellum United States. Cisterns, traditionally defined as catchment or storage facilities for rainwater collected by means of a drainage system, became a common domestic utility in Charleston, South Carolina during the nineteenth century. The earliest cisterns on the peninsula were constructed in the city's more affluent properties. By 1870 they were a household feature in all areas of the city. Two primary factors motivated Charlestonians to install domestic water collection systems. First, the city urbanized with little to no sanitation policy. As a result the city experienced frequent …