General Requirements
Safety Provisions
Panarchic Codex®
Both exterior and interior fabrication specifications require MaterialDNA properties to be selected to enable material redistribution that propagates ecological and/or architectural renewal processes upon the passing of wildfire.
Provision of no less than one Subsurface Shelter-inPlace. Size to be proportionate to the property, and accommodate for the following:
California Code of Regulations 2030 Wildland Urban Interface
• All persons resident in the household.
PART 3: PYRORESISTORS
• All guests in-residence at any one time.
MaterialDNA to be programmed to adapt to periodic changes to the historical fire regime, including shifts in frequency, intensity, level within the biomass strata, and behaviours more generally.
• Plus, 3 or more others.
Subsurface Shelter-in-Place to be equipped with:
Post-fire architectural biofabrication processes, including recycling of burnt and damaged materials to occur within a radius of 3,000 hectares within areas classified as Wildland Urban Interface, Intermix, and Occluded.
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Post-fire upcycling of burnt debris into architectural components, fittings, fixtures, furniture, and features is limited to that which has been collected within the property boundaries, the exception thereto being items which have been displaced by explosion, sediment transportation, and other events incurred in consequence of wildfire.
• First Aid Kit, including burns dressings and pain relief.
• Oxygen-supply-level sensor and warning alarm.
• Drinking water - no less than 2 litres per head.
• Prescription medications used by residents.
On and off-site DNA storage of the following:
• Passports and/or identity cards.
• Marriage, Birth and Death certificates.
Residents that seek to integrate wildfire as production process for the creation and/or modification of architectural components, fittings, fixtures, furniture, and features need first obtain certified approval from the Office of Experimental Design Endeavours.
• Household and other insurance documents.
Biological and synthetic in-grounds plantings to be:
• Appropriate to the local fire-regime
• Avoid use of invasive species, including non-native grasses.
Residents are responsible for ensuring the safekeeping of remotely stored Synthetic Pyriscence-DispersedSeeds and their ArchiDNA and MaterialDNA contents. Storage via one of California’s approved Synthetic DNASeed-Banks is highly recommended. © Bioratorium Limited & Melissa Sterry 2020 All Rights Reserved
Independent lighting source.
• Use Regional Landscape Ecology Office guidelines.
Regime: Low-severity / Mixed-severity Frequency: High / Intensity: Low
• Seek independent expert advice on use of modified species.
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Effective January 1, 2030
Fire Regime type
1.7 Synthetic Serotinous Substance affixing Pyri-CONE parts to be chemically calibrated to intensity of local historical fire-regime.
Evolved to persist in WUI adjoining low and mixedseverity fire regimes, pyroresisting architectures comprise functional traits selected to resist frequent, but relatively low intensity fires.
1.8 Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds to be fitted with biosensors that can detect the presence of wildfire smoke’s chemical signature, thereon initiate the process of architectural renewal via the distribution of ArchiDNA.
Section 1
1.9 Abundance of Synthetic Pyriscence-DispersedSeeds to be relative to the frequency and severity of the local historical fire-regime.
Data Network Architecture
1.1 ArchiDNA to be embedded in Synthetic Subsurface Bio-Root System.
1.10 Depth of post-fire submersion of Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds to be approximate to that of seeds of neighbouring biological endurer species.
1.2 Synthetic Subsurface Bio-Root System to be at a depth approximate to that of root-beds of neighbouring biological endurer species.
1.11 ArchiDNA and other systemic upgrades to Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds to be synced to the frequency of the local fire regime.
1.3 Specification of Synthetic Subsurface Bio-root System to include sensing of wildfire’s chemical and heat signatures.
Section 2
1.4 Synthetic Subsurface Bio-Root System activation of ArchiDNA-cloning to be enabled by embedded actuating and analysis features.
1.5. ArchiDNA to be embedded in Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds of which the materiality, form, and morphology is appropriate to the local fireregime frequencies, intensities, and behaviours.
1.6. Pyri-CONE dispersal variant of Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds [i.e. ballistic propulsion] to be informed by factors including hyper- local topography, hydrology, soil structure, and atmospheric conditions.
Structural In-Situ Resistance 2.1 Retardant Bio-Bark plating-system to be affixed to exterior walls of all residencies and accompanying outbuildings, including garages, barns, and sheds.
2.2 Exterior windows, doors and other openings to have biosensor-activated Retardant Bio-Bark coverings, which close via actuator- enabled mechanical and/or material morphological process upon detection of wildfire’s chemical signature.
2.3 Retardant Bio-Bark plating-system to feature reenforcement at the level wildfire typically spreads within the local fire-regime [i.e. ground, surface, or canopy]
2.4 Structural form, layout, and height must mitigate the risk of spread of fire by reducing vulnerabilities at the level wildfire typically spreads within the local fireregime [i.e. raise or lower building features accordingly].
2.5 Structural-Abscission System to be fitted and incorporate all flammable exterior building parts and fixtures, which should shed cyclically in sync with local fire-return intervals.
Section 3 Regenerative Material Assemblies 3.1 MaterialDNA specifications for exterior walls to enable high-retardance to low-to-moderate intensity ground, surface and canopy fires [i.e. grass and chaparral fires].
3.2 MaterialDNA specifications for Subsurface Shelterin-Place entrances to enable high-retardance to both low and moderate-intensity ground, surface and canopy fires.
3.3 MaterialDNA specifications for stairways, and other evacuation routes, and entrance fixtures thereto, including doors, to enable high-retardance to both low and moderate- intensity ground, surface, and canopy fires.
3.4 MaterialDNA specifications to be selected for frequent self-repair of injuries resulting from wildfires, droughts, pests, and debris flows.
3.5 MaterialDNA to be embedded into ArchiDNA via the residence’s Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds. Residents are highly recommended to keep back-up copies of the latter off, as well as on, site.
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