This Man Built an Earthquake-Proof School From Trash #earthquake #school #shorts #ecofriendly

16 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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An engineer built a school from recycled waste that survives earthquakes and monsoons using rubber layers to absorb movement, extensive backfill to anchor the structure, and barrel-vault dome geometry to distribute loads.

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Because of the way that the walls function, the rubber absorbs the movement of the trimmer, and so the wall doesn't have a way to crack. It's not going anywhere. And because we'll backfill a lot, can't actually fall. And we use opposing forces when we're doing the barrel vault domes. So conceptually, the buildings have already fallen. With all of the natural activity in the area, the monsoons, the earthquakes, we're shocked even ourselves that the buildings Things have not changed hardly at all. They're still in about the same condition as when we started.

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