Are Capsule Houses Safe?

As a new micro-living model, capsule house has a positive significance for relieving the living pressure of urban residents and reducing the living cost. However, when it went toward the world, the security problems of its gradually attracted the attention of the whole society. This thesis will objectively and rigorously examine the safety of capsule housing from multiple dimensions.

Networks of structural stability: interlacing and shaping

As a kind of building, the safety of capsule house structure and material is the first factor to guarantee the safety of human life and property. It's a very different picture from capsule house to capsule house, where the type of structure and materials are chosen at construction will have direct consequences for its endurance against outside threats.

The common data capsule residence structure is steel structure, concrete structure. Steel Structure has the advantages of high strength, good ductility and other advantages, theoretically has better seismic performance. However, the practical application can only satisfy the basic requirement of structure design code of the building for the purpose of maintaining the stability of the main bearing components. It is also especially important that time, steel structure fire prevention and anti-corrosion treatment is also especially important, this is directly related to its service life and safety. Concrete structure has excellent stability and fire resistance, but its construction process is complex and the mobility of this method is poor. Two key safety features for these capsule homes are the connection between the precast concrete modules and the water-resistant features.

They may also opt for lightweight materials like colored steel plates for low-cost capsule homes. Although these materials have the advantages of low weight and easy installation, they have inherent shortcomings, such as strength, fire resistance and sound insulation. Fire performance is a general, as long as the fire, fire to speed the speed of the occupants of a great threat. Therefore, targeted safety risk assessment and specification should be performed for capsule houses with different structural forms and material.

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In the narrow space of capsule house, the health status of the internal environment of capsule house is an important concern. However, small units also lead to poor ventilation in the unit which results in poor air quality, high carbon dioxide levels, and ailments like chronic respiratory diseases with prolonged exposure to them. Thus, the air quality of capsule homes need to maintain properly by an efficient mechanical ventilation system.

Light: Daylighting and lighting are a key component of environmental health as well. Their interiors will be dark and humid without natural light, which will cause unfolding effects on the physical and mental health of residents. Thus the proper lighting design not only meet the basic lighting demand but pay more attention to the color temperature and illumination of the lights to better living to create a relatively comfortable environment. The joint allocation of sanitary facilities and the perfection of sewage discharge system directly related to the health and health safety of residents.

(Keep in mind: Some capsule homes skimp on sound and thermal insulation properties in the name of cost effectiveness.) In the long run, more noise and temperature changes can seriously affect the quality of life and health of residents, while causing anxiety, insomnia and other issues.

Management and specification: the essential insured operation

Besides hardware facilities safety, standardizes management is another key link to supercilium safe operation. The daily maintenance, safety inspection, fire facilities inspection and other work should be contacted with professional property management, and safety hazards can be found and eliminated in time. The Implementation of security personnel, equipment installed for monitoring, and registering access while forming a sound system would collectively play a vital role to enhanced safety factor, in a large-scale capsule residential community.

NO:Priority residence management of capsule halls fire safety management. Its characteristics of high-density residences should mean there is little left over but ash and memories after a fire. The fire drills need to be conducted at a regular interval as it allows inhabitants to get acquainted with the escape routes as well as the equipment for fire fighting and fire drill to minimize panic at the time of such an incident. This is an important measure to prevent fire, strict implementation of private line, combustible and explosive materials storage and other acts prohibition.

The time bomb in this case is government regulators. We need to develop construction standards, fire protection standards, and safety standards for capsule homes, conduct regular safety inspections, and rectify or ban unqualified capsule homes to ensure that they meet the most basic safety requirements.

Special groups: focus and defense of Social security elements

The vulnerable population, such as the urban low-income group and floating population accounts for a large part of the people living in capsule houses, and they are facing more complex risks of social security. Living at higher density can lead to greater security problems and to conflicts between visitors and residents. Also, it will harm the mental health of the occupants as there will be no privacy.

Some of the capsule house management is not timely, there may be public security problems and become the target of criminals. It is one of significant measures to strengthen the residents "safety education, improve their self-protection conscious of ability·risk identification awareness and mold a sound assistance mechanism to guarantee the social security. It is one of important measure must be taken to strengthen the residents "safety education, improve their self-protection conscious of ability·risk identification awareness and establish a sound assistance mechanism to guarantee the social security. Besides, when capsule homes are used as temporary settlements in particular cases, such as emergency resettlement after natural disasters, its safety considerations will be more complicated, and may need to consider problems such as emergency evacuation and medical security.

conclusion

So in conclusion, the safety concern of capsule housing is quite complex. Reliability of structural materials, livability of environmental health, effectiveness of management practices and multiple factors of social safety constitute the measurement of its safety. In order to judge the capsule residence whether is safe, but also for the specific problem, and specific to different types of capsule housing for the different management model detailed analysis. In order to achieve the economic and spatial efficiency of the tube, we must first ensure the life safety of the occupants, a combination of improving standards, strengthening supervision, standardized management and other means of efforts to improve the safety of the capsule housing, we must face the dual role of solving the urban living problem, but also to provide a safe, healthy, dignified shelter for the occupants.