An analytical approach to identify design criteria for reducing earthquake risks in residential interiors

Abstract

A vital measure to prevent earthquake risks is to retrofit existing buildings or design and construct resistant structures. After increasing the earthquake resistance of buildings, measures taken in building interiors comes to the forefront. In the scope of this study, comprehensive analytical research is conducted to identify the criteria for reducing earthquake risks in the design of residential interior spaces. Reviewing the literature of both national and international publications using the keywords and phrases "Earthquake and Interior Design" "Earthquake and Furniture Design", "Earthquake and Architectural Design", "Earthquake and Materials", "Precautions for Earthquake Damages", "Earthquake Psychology" is employed as a method. In the next step, criteria extracted from the content analysis are categorized, analyzed and evaluated systematically. Together with this research, a set of measures to reduce earthquake risks for the interior design of residential interiors was presented. It also includes risks and strategies related to categorized interior elements, which designers can use in the design process. Many people could be inside residences, where most daily life is spent during an earthquake. This describes the study's widespread impact. The design criteria presented are expected to be a source that includes a set of categorized data with a holistic approach to reduce risks, leading to safe design, and ensuring up-to-date continuity of knowledge for future designs.

A genetic algorithm-based design model to provide reduced risk areas for housing interiors

“…To test the GABDM, the authors designed a sample housing interior based on the information gathered during the literature review phase (Garip et al , 2023). Then, the authors prepared a three-dimensional solid model of the interior, and two-dimensional drawings were obtained from the three-dimensional model by projection method [Figure 4(a) and (b)].…”

“…Here inhabitants do most of their domestic activities and this also includes sleeping time when they may not be on alert for earthquakes. In this context, a previous review article by Garip et al (2023) presents in detail the earthquake risks that may exist in domestic interior spaces, the measures that can be taken to reduce these risks and the strategies that can be used. According to previous literature, the most commonly suggested and used strategy for reducing earthquake risks in housing interiors is to fix immovable furniture to structural elements (Aytöre, 2005; Filiatrault and Sullivan, 2014; Ayrılmış et al , 2015) or to modify the characteristics of the furniture, for example, by using lightweight materials (Karamanoğlu and Ulay, 2017; Akhand, 2018).…”