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<br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Figure 12.-The Manker Patten Tennis Center, University of Chattanooga. This building <br />was raised to provide flood protection and to be used as an observation deck. (Photo by <br />Chattanooga Free Press.) <br /> <br />Figure 12 shows another type of building elevated on stilts. The floor elevation of <br />the Manker Patten Tennis Center, at the University of Chattanooga, is approximately one <br />foot above the maximum known flood as regulated by the TVA reservoir system. The <br />floor was placed at this elevation to reduce flood risk and to serve as an observation <br />deck. The picture was taken when the flood of March 14, 1963, was 0.3 foot below its <br />crest. <br /> <br />Keeping the Water Out <br />The design techniques discussed above either achieve flood proofing through site <br />planning and development or incorporate flood proofing in the initial construction of the <br />buildings. The location and environment of structures in built-up urban areas may make <br />these solutions impractical. In such circumstances, the building owner, architect, or <br />engineer is faced with a job of designing flood proofing measures for existing conven- <br />tional buildings which are exposed to flood water. These flood proofed buildings can in- <br />corporate many contemporary design features such as large window areas, pedestrian <br />arcades, open floor space and curtain wall panels. <br />An example of successful flood proofing after construction is the Stanley House in <br />LaGrange, Illinois (Figure 13). The house is located on a scenic site overlooking a golf <br />course. After an experience with high water, the owner constructed a brick wall to close <br />off the front and back porch areas, and added aluminum flood shields to close off the en- <br />trance ways. The owner, an artist, says the additions have not detracted from the home's <br />