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Figure 7: Anti-flood house, video capture, New Orleans (PEREZ TORRES, 2012)
8.2 Philippines “Anti-flood Floating Shelters”
When considering the City of Manila, many aspects are taken into consideration in addition to
floating system of the house, because Manila is known by its high number of residents and low
economical rates. The area must be designed carefully in a way to obtain the extreme benefits;
especially considering sustainable renewable aspects; earth friendly and cost effective scenarios,
to assure its future convenience. Thus, design must be able to observe maximum number of families living and in need of such resources.
Firstly, building will consist of two stories only, allowing 3 different tenants or users to each floor,
a total of 6 tenants per building (shelter). Total average of the building will be an approximate of
400 square meters, comparing the earlier total area of a standard compound, standard housing
clusters of four equals to an approximate of 600 sqm. Comparing both areas to be occupied by
land, proposed design will reduce a percentage of 44.44%. Table below illustrates a detailed calculation (Table 1).

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