System for protecting a building, especially from natural disasters, theft and vandalism

A system for protecting a building (10,100) against natural disasters, theft and vandalism with minimum environmental impact, said system comprising

• a continuous rigid flat structure (11,101) on which said building (10,100) rests;
• a sunken garage (12,110) arranged below ground level (15) of sufficient size to receive said building (10,100) and having a bottom;
• a plurality of vertical telescopic hydraulic jacks (30-33, 102, 103) extending from said bottom of said sunken garage (12,110) for supporting the flat structure (11,101) on which said building rests at any of a plurality of positions relative to said ground level (15), said building being received in said sunken garage in at least one of said positions and being at ground level in at least one other of said positions;
• means for connecting electrical and telephone lines for providing electrical energy and communication by telephone to said building, said means for connecting electrical and telephone lines comprising at least one flexible cable (70) suspended in said sunken garage (12,110) so as to have a U-shaped bend, at least one pulley (71) arranged at said U-shaped bend and by which said at least one flexible cable (70) passes and at least one traction spring (73) or counterweight connected to said at least one pulley (71) to act on said at least one flexible cable (70), one end of said at least one flexible cable (70) being fixed on or in ground outside of said sunken garage (12,110) near said sunken garage and another end of said at least one flexible cable (70) opposite to said one end being fixed in said building (10,100);
• means for connecting water supply pipes to supply water to said building, said means for connecting water supply pipes comprising at least one flexible tube (80) suspended in said sunken garage (12,110) so as to have a U-shaped bend, one end of said at least one flexible tube (80) being fixed on or in the ground outside of said sunken garage (12,110) near said sunken garage and another end of said at least one flexible tube (80) opposite to said one end being fixed in said building (10,100);
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• means for providing drainage for said building comprising a vertical pipe (91) arranged in the sunken garage (12,110) or near the sunken garage and having a plurality of fixed couplers (92,93,94) arranged at respective different heights relative to said ground level corresponding to said positions, at least one telescopic connector (25) connected to at least one horizontal branch pipe (24) in said building and at least one manual or automatic control device (26) for operating said at least one telescopic connector (25) to make connection to one of said fixed couplers (92,93,94) when said building (10,100) is placed in one of said positions relative to said ground level (15).