IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v12y2020i22p9725-d448907.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Multicase Study Comparison of Different Types of Flood-Resilient Buildings (Elevated, Amphibious, and Floating) at the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland

Author

Listed:
  • Łukasz Piątek

    (Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-661 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Magdalena Wojnowska-Heciak

    (Department of Landscape Architecture, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The study aims to present, compare, and assess three different types of buildings considered as flood-resilient construction: building on piles (also called static elevation), amphibious building (also called can-float), and floating building in terms of their performance in the context of a semiwild river in a large city. The comparative multiple-case study covers three objects realized between 2014 and 2017 at the Vistula riverbanks in Warsaw, Poland: pile founded Beach Pavilion, amphibious Boulevard Pavilion, and floating Water Tram Terminal. The research was based on the blueprints analysis as well as on on-site observations in the phase of construction and operation and interviews. The general characteristic of the three resilient typologies has been confirmed in the study. The pile building has an almost unlimited range of operation regarding the water level on the cost of a relatively remote location from the river, but during an exceptionally extreme flood, it will be flooded. Floating buildings provide the best visual and physical contact with water, cannot be flooded, and may be relocated but access to them from land is hampered, especially during very low and very high water levels. Amphibious buildings seem to be a compromise of water proximity and reliability of operation in all circumstances. A closer look reveals technical problems with buoyant structures. In the case of the floating terminals, problems with mooring on the semiwild freezing river remain a challenge. The amphibious buildings are still in the phase of implementation, waiting for their first test in natural flooding conditions.

Suggested Citation

  • Łukasz Piątek & Magdalena Wojnowska-Heciak, 2020. "Multicase Study Comparison of Different Types of Flood-Resilient Buildings (Elevated, Amphibious, and Floating) at the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-20, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:22:p:9725-:d:448907
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9725/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9725/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Hossain, Mohammad Khalid & Meng, Qingmin, 2020. "A fine-scale spatial analytics of the assessment and mapping of buildings and population at different risk levels of urban flood," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    2. Gerner, Nadine V. & Nafo, Issa & Winking, Caroline & Wencki, Kristina & Strehl, Clemens & Wortberg, Timo & Niemann, André & Anzaldua, Gerardo & Lago, Manuel & Birk, Sebastian, 2018. "Large-scale river restoration pays off: A case study of ecosystem service valuation for the Emscher restoration generation project," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 30(PB), pages 327-338.
    3. Jonathan Pearson & G. Punzo & M. Mayfield & G. Brighty & A. Parsons & P. Collins & S. Jeavons & A. Tagg, 2018. "Flood resilience: consolidating knowledge between and within critical infrastructure sectors," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 318-329, September.
    4. Magdalena Wojnowska-Heciak, 2019. "The Naturalness of the Vistula Riverbank’s Landscape: Warsaw Inhabitants’ Perceptions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-28, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mohammad Khalid Hossain & Qingmin Meng, 2020. "A Multi-Decadal Spatial Analysis of Demographic Vulnerability to Urban Flood: A Case Study of Birmingham City, USA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-32, November.
    2. Johnson, Daniel & Geisendorf, Sylvie, 2019. "Are Neighborhood-level SUDS Worth it? An Assessment of the Economic Value of Sustainable Urban Drainage System Scenarios Using Cost-Benefit Analyses," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 194-205.
    3. Fabio De Felice & Ilaria Baffo & Antonella Petrillo, 2022. "Critical Infrastructures Overview: Past, Present and Future," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-20, February.
    4. Meng, Qingmin, 2022. "A new simple method to test and map environmental inequality: Urban hazards disproportionately affect minorities," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    5. Joanna Nowak Da Costa & Beata Calka & Elzbieta Bielecka, 2021. "Urban Population Flood Impact Applied to a Warsaw Scenario," Resources, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-17, June.
    6. Nancy Kete & Giuliano Punzo & Igor Linkov, 2018. "Enhancing resilience within and between critical infrastructure systems," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 275-277, September.
    7. Stella Apostolaki & Phoebe Koundouri & Nikitas Pittis, 2019. "Using a systemic approach to address the requirement for Integrated Water Resource Management within the Water Framework Directive," DEOS Working Papers 1910, Athens University of Economics and Business.
    8. Susara E. Merwe & Reinette Biggs & Rika Preiser, 2020. "Sensemaking as an approach for resilience assessment in an Essential Service Organization," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 84-106, March.
    9. Hazem Ghassan Abdo & Hussein Almohamad & Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi & Motirh Al-Mutiry, 2022. "GIS-Based Frequency Ratio and Analytic Hierarchy Process for Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping in the Western Region of Syria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-20, April.
    10. Maria do Céu Almeida & Maria João Telhado & Marco Morais & João Barreiro & Ruth Lopes, 2020. "Urban Resilience to Flooding: Triangulation of Methods for Hazard Identification in Urban Areas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-18, March.
    11. Simona Mannucci & Federica Rosso & Alessandro D’Amico & Gabriele Bernardini & Michele Morganti, 2022. "Flood Resilience and Adaptation in the Built Environment: How Far along Are We?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-22, March.
    12. Magdalena Wojnowska-Heciak & Marzena Suchocka & Magdalena Błaszczyk & Magdalena Muszyńska, 2022. "Urban Parks as Perceived by City Residents with Mobility Difficulties: A Qualitative Study with In-Depth Interviews," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-19, February.
    13. Jiake Shen & Yuncai Wang & Xiaolu Guo, 2021. "Identifying and Setting Linear Water Space Priorities in Co-Urbanized Area Based on Multiple Levels and Multiple Ecosystem Services," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-27, July.
    14. Timo Assmuth & Tanja Dubrovin & Jari Lyytimäki, 2020. "Human health in systemic adaptation to climate change: insights from flood risk management in a river basin," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 427-443, September.
    15. Denis Maragno & Carlo Federico dall’Omo & Gianfranco Pozzer & Francesco Musco, 2021. "Multi-Risk Climate Mapping for the Adaptation of the Venice Metropolitan Area," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-32, January.
    16. Wenkai Li & Yuanchi Liu & Ziyue Liu & Zhen Gao & Huabing Huang & Weijun Huang, 2022. "A Positive-Unlabeled Learning Algorithm for Urban Flood Susceptibility Modeling," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-17, November.
    17. Vasilis C. Kapsalis & Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos & Konstantinos G. Aravossis, 2019. "Investigation of Ecosystem Services and Circular Economy Interactions under an Inter-organizational Framework," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-29, May.
    18. Milad Zamanifar & Timo Hartmann, 2021. "A prescriptive framework for recommending decision attributes of infrastructure disaster recovery problems," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 41(4), pages 633-650, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:22:p:9725-:d:448907. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.