Reuse of Spanish civil war air-raid shelters in Alicante: the R46 Balmis and R31 Seneca shelter

More than a hundred public air-raid shelters were constructed beneath Alicante during the Spanish Civil war. Their architectural uniqueness and humanitarian purpose render these shelters a tangible testament to our recent history. The Alicante Municipal Archives hold reports written by technicians who inspected the shelters in the 1940s, which were subsequently included in the Special Plan for public shelters in 1953. Half a century later, in 2003, information on the air-raid shelters was included in another Special Plan aimed at protecting Alicante’s archaeological heritage. Thanks to the work of the Municipal Heritage Conservation unit (COPHIAM) and the Special Protection Plan for Urban Archaeology (PEPA), the exact or approximate locations were identified for almost 90% of the shelters known to have existed. This paper describes interventions in two of these architectural spaces using advanced museology techniques. The first concerns air-raid shelter R46, located in the Plaza del Dr. Balmis in the city centre. This was built in 1938, and is rectangular with two entrances. The second is air-raid shelter R31, located in the Plaza Séneca.

Winning designs for fallout shelters in shopping centers /

"This booklet is an abstract of OCD technical report TR-28, "National community fallout shelter design competition awards," brochure which is available only to architects,..."--Back cover.

Landscape reshaping of the asylum of san francisco de paula, located in jaboticabal, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

It is a commonly known fact that there are elderly who have no family or who do not receive any kind of help from their relatives, as the family does not normally have good financial conditions to help them. These elderly live in private or public shelters and generally, they do not have enough money to cover all the necessary costs, and are forced to survive from donations. Those shelters are based, primarily, on nutrition and health. Leisure and wellbeing are usually treated with little attention, but it could be obtained in a simple and effective way: green areas, which normally exist at the site, are often misused, so they can become rest areas through simple landscape projects. It is important to mention that a garden is not just a beautiful place, but it becomes important for the daily life of older people. The objective of this work was to study the need for contemplative leisure and labor in order to improve the life quality of the elderly that live at the San Francisco de Paula Asylum, in Jaboticabal City, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. In this study, a topographic and a photographic survey was conducted and an analysis of the local ground was done. The preferences of the employees and the visitors of the building were also recorded, as well as the critical points of the area. After this primary analysis, the landscape planning was done, with the help of the AutoCAD 2004 software, prioritizing the use of plants that are not dangerous and that are easy maintained. An orchid nursery was also created in order to provide weekly workshops of orchid cultivation.

United States and Soviet civil defense programs : hearings before the Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations, and Environment of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, March 16 and 31, 1982.

Mode of access: Internet.

The use of existing structures as fallout shelters /

Contract CDM-SR-59-36.

Shelters, shacks, and shanties,

Mode of access: Internet.

Operator, organizational, DS and GS maintenance manual : including repair parts and special tools lists electrical equipment shelters (Chaparral Air Defense Guided Missile System) (Forward Area Alerting Radar System) (Improved Hawk Air Defense Guided Missile System).

Includes index.

Operator's, organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for shelters, electrical equipment S-280A/G, (NSN 5410-00-999-6022) and S-280B/G, (NSN 5410-00-117-2868).

"April 1978."

Operators, organizational, direct support, and general support maintenance manual : installation of Modular Collective Protection Equipment (MCPE), (NSN 4240-00-229-2610) in tacfire display and computer shelters (S-280).

Includes index.