Panarchic Codex :: Pyroevaders pamphlet

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General Requirements

Safety Provisions

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:

• All persons resident in the household.

PART 1: PYROEVADERS

• 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.

Independent lighting source.

• 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.

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California Code of Regulations 2030 Wildland Urban Interface

• Use Regional Landscape Ecology Office guidelines.

Regime: Mixed-severity / High-severity Frequency: Low / Intensity: High

• Seek independent expert advice on use of modified species.

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Effective January 1, 2030

Pyroevaders Fire Regime type

Evolved to persist in wildland-urban interface adjoining mixed and high-severity fire regimes, pyroevading architectures comprise functional traits selected to evade relatively infrequent, but high intensity fires.

1.4 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. 1.5 Abundance of Synthetic Pyriscence-DispersedSeeds to be relative to the frequency and severity of the local historical fire-regime.

1.6 Depth of post-fire submersion of Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds to be approximate to that of seeds of neighbouring biological evader species.

3.2 MaterialDNA specifications for Subsurface Shelterin-Place entrances to enable high-retardance to highintensity fires of all variants.

1.7 ArchiDNA and other systemic upgrades to Synthetic Pyriscence-Dispersed-Seeds to be synced to the frequency of the local fire regime.

3.3 MaterialDNA specifications for stairways, and other evacuation routes, and entrance fixtures thereto, including doors, to enable high- retardance to highintensity fires of all variants.

Section 2

Data Network Architecture

Structural In-Situ Resistance

1.1 ArchiDNA to be embedded in Synthetic PyriscenceDispersed-Seeds of which the materiality, form, and morphology is appropriate to the local fire-regime frequencies, intensities, and behaviours.

2.1 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].

1.2 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.

2.2 New-build residences located in mixed-to-highseverity fire-regimes are required to seek approval from the Office of Wildland Urban Interface Living’s Mosaical Carbon-Based Materials Distribution Programme.

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Regenerative Material Assemblies 3.1 MaterialDNA specifications for exterior walls to enable high-retardance to low-to-moderate intensity ground, surface and canopy fires, and intermediateretardance to high-intensity canopy fires.

Section 1

1.3 Synthetic Serotinous Substance affixing Pyri-CONE parts to be chemically calibrated to intensity of local historical fire-regime.

Section 3

3.3 New-build residences located on slopes graded 7% or greater require additional planning approvals by the Office of Wildland Urban Interface Living. Building on slopes graded 12% or above is outlawed.

3.4 MaterialDNA specifications to be selected for intermediate frequency self-repair to injuries incurred by wildfires and debris flows, but frequent repair to injuries sustained by droughts and pests.

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.

Disclaimer A speculative work, which has been created to provoke new architectural and urban thinking and practices when designing for the wildland-urbaninterface, this pamphlet is for use as an educational and learning tool only.

Image: Fossilised cone (Picea. sp) dated to the Miocene and found in a coal deposit at Konin, Poland from Dr. Sterry’s personal specimen collection.