2024-05-05T07:44:23-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150291639/considerations-when-architecting-in-the-wui Nam Henderson 2021-12-20T18:40:00-05:00 >2021-12-20T18:40:28-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8e/8e7ac4ab82c181a81d392e937cb0bcfe.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>If it were me and I was rebuilding in Paradise, which I would happily do, I would be thinking about creating the simplest structure I could, so I don&rsquo;t have those places of accumulation...not having these weird intersections and roof planes. You know, this is really a complicated look, which is very popular in our modern culture right now, but it&rsquo;s maybe not setting us up for the best success. I&rsquo;d also be adding gutter guards of a non combustible material.</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="https://the-lookout.org/author/zeke/" title="View all posts by Zeke Lunder" rel="author" target="_blank">Zeke Lunder</a> sat down with Eric Knapp and Yana Valachovic (both members of the California Fire Science Consortium) to talk about their recent <a href="https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-021-00117-0" target="_blank">paper</a>, which reviews factors that drove structure loss during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)" target="_blank">2018 Camp Fire</a>. They also highlight three main priorities for designing or retrofitting buildings for life in the <a href="https://www.usfa.fema.gov/wui/what-is-the-wui.html" target="_blank">WUI</a>.</p>