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Anti-terror Urban Design

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Anthony Flint
30 July 2002 - 12:00pm

Architects and planners are figuring out how to design terror-reistant structures without creating a fortress mentality.

"Garden walls and park benches can be 'hardened' to stop an explosive-laden delivery van in its tracks. Shatterproof glass and rubber coating on concrete walls minimize the flying debris that injures as many occupants as any initial blast. Columns and beams can be designed so buildings stay standing even if one piece of the structure collapses. And fireproofed elevators and wider stairwells help move large numbers of people in a hurry."

Full Story: Terror-proofing America
Source: The Boston Globe, July 30, 2002
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