Earthquake houses in Japan are actually not new anymore. All the houses there are strong with all the shocks, so Indonesia must learn a lot!
Urbanites, a heartbreaking tragedy is happening again in Indonesia.
A few days ago, the earthquake in Lombok caused a very fatal impact on the country's infrastructure.
Hundreds of residents were killed, thousands were injured, while damage to houses occurred in almost all residential settlements.
This is a lesson for us Indonesians, that earthquake resistant houses must begin to be applied to all residences ...
Especially those in earthquake-prone areas.
Indonesia is in the Pacific Ring of Fire region, so the earthquake became a natural disaster that must be anticipated from the start.
Meanwhile, Japan, which was also prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, has been preparing for a long time.
As a result, it is important for us to learn the concept of earthquake resistant houses in Japan in order to anticipate things that are not desirable.
Background of Earthquake Resistant Houses in Japan
Earthquake-resistant houses in Japan are not new anymore ...
Why? Because basically, Japan is a country prone to earthquakes and tsunamis.
Even as we know, the term "tsunami" has only been adopted from Japanese which means "big waves in the harbor".
It has been proven, right, that because of its popularity, the word is used to define ...
Disaster movement of water bodies caused by sudden changes in sea level.
Tsunamis are basically caused by earthquakes and every year, Japan experiences at least 1500 times shocks.
Perhaps from that number, there are a number of opportunities for tsunamis that can occur unpredictably.
Therefore, now the Japanese government implements that every building that is to be erected must pass an earthquake-resistant test.
Here's the Technology of Earthquake Resistant Houses in Japan
One of the concepts of earthquake resistant houses in Japan, for example, is able to make one shelter float when there is a shock on the ground.
When the sensor senses vibration, the owner can turn on the compressor within one second.
The compressor then pumps air into the airbag, inflates it in a few seconds, and lifts the house up to 3 cm from the concrete foundation which is said to be earthquake resistant.
The structure of the house will float and residents can get out for a while until it subsides.
After that, the airbags deflated and the house landed slowly again.
Not to mention a recent breakthrough in the field of architecture emerged and developed with sterofoam.
Sterofoam's house is shaped like a house of teletubbies or often called a dome house.
Indonesia also has this type of house in the Sleman area, Yogyakarta.
Sterofoam used, in contrast to sterofoam in general ...
Rather, it is stronger and thicker, so that it can become the building material.
Earthquake-resistant houses in Japan are seriously made.
The two technologies above are considered to be the most up-to-date in Japan, although almost all buildings have applied earthquake resistant concepts with features:
- Use of lightweight building materials
- Simple and symmetrical plan
- Load bearing construction system
Wow, cool, Urbanites!
In addition, Japanese citizens are also used to conducting disaster simulations every 6 months.
This can be used as a lesson to prepare for unwanted things at any time.
