{"id":3790,"date":"2022-09-23T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=3790"},"modified":"2022-09-23T18:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:02:14","slug":"ku-students-design-prototype-of-flood-resistant-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/ku-students-design-prototype-of-flood-resistant-house\/","title":{"rendered":"KU Students Design Prototype of Flood Resistant House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The students from the University of Karachi (KU), in a recent development, have created a model for lightweight houses that can withstand future floods.<\/p>\n<p>As per details, architecture students from the university&#8217;s Department of Visual Studies presented a cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and mobile design of houses that can be used in flood-affected areas, particularly villages.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/blue-world-city-initiates-flood-relief-operations-in-the-flood-affected-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76\"><style> .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76:active, .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .ue82cf55fb1b05c0e44b641050d2f1a76:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Blue World City Initiates Flood Relief Operations in the Flood Affected Areas<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The presentation given by students revealed that bamboo frames would be joined together to form walls for the houses. The bamboo walls are adjustable and detachable, allowing them to be removed and converted into a floating boat.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the houses would be constructed from materials such as bamboo, mat, mud, reusable plastic bottles, and tires. They are expected to cost between Rs. 50,000 and 100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The students from the University of Karachi (KU), in a recent development, have created a model for lightweight houses that can withstand future floods. As per details, architecture students from the university&#8217;s Department of Visual Studies presented a cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and mobile design of houses that can be used in flood-affected areas, particularly villages. The presentation given by students revealed that bamboo frames would be joined together to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-1-4.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-1-4.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Untitled-design-1-4.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"KU Students Design Prototype of Flood Resistant House","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=3790","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}