The Collapse of a 13-Story Building
In June of 2009, a 13-story apartment building that was still under construction in the city of Shanghai (China) collapsed.[…]
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The living space must be safe for the inhabitants
Safe modes of operation
Systems and products that we design operate often in the “normal mode of operation”, and this makes us somehow think[…]
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Failure to construct or deconstruct
Not only design for construction can fail but also design for deconstruction can go wrong. Here is an example[…]
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Living space
The living-space must be safe, and physical safety against expected hazards is one of the obvious and basic demands. Engineers,[…]
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