Five Rings
Site → Perimeter → Shell → Life Systems → Recovery
Resilient Property Framework · turn exposure into a sequenced plan
Start with the resilience pathway, then select the systems.
Apollo's Weather Protection framework adapts the systems-thinking tools used in Built for What Comes Next: Five Rings, Resilience Pathways, Survive–Function–Recover, the Protection Dividend, the Resilience Ladder, the 72-Hour House Test and a property-level Resilience Passport.
Wind Flood Fire Heat Outage
Whole-property method
Protect from the outside in. Plan for what happens next.
Weather resilience is strongest when the site, building shell, essential systems and recovery pathway are considered together.
01SiteTerrain · drainage · vegetation · access
02PerimeterWalls · hardscape · barriers · near-building zone
03ShellRoof · openings · vents · edges
04Life SystemsPower · water · communications · cooling · sanitation
05RecoveryAccess · records · drying · repair · next action
Resilience Pathway
What is exposed, what happens next, and where can the sequence be strengthened?
Survive · Function · Recover
Protect the structure, preserve essential use, shorten the recovery path.
Protection Dividend
Compare everyday value as well as hazard-day value.
72-Hour House
Review shelter, water, sanitation, food, communications and temperature over a 72-hour period.
Resilience Passport
Record evidence, limits, maintenance and the next useful improvement.
Decision tools
Turn exposure into an ordered property plan.
Planning pathway
Five Rings
Site → Perimeter → Shell → Life Systems → Recovery. Protect from the outside in.
Planning pathway
Resilience Pathway
Trace how one condition influences the next and strengthen the sequence before the consequence grows.
Planning pathway
Survive → Function → Recover
Separate structural protection from household continuity and the speed of returning to normal.
Planning pathway
Protection Dividend
Prefer technically suitable upgrades that create useful normal-day value as well as hazard-day value.
Planning pathway
Resilience Ladder
Sequence maintenance and priority improvements before medium projects and major capital work.
Planning pathway
72-Hour House Test
Test safe shelter, drinking water, sanitation, food preservation, lighting, communications and temperature.
Planning pathway
Resilience Passport
Record exposures, system limits, maintenance, evidence needs and the next useful improvement for the property.
Planning pathway
Source Standard
Use current codes, standards, engineers and independent technical evidence for actual design and product claims.
01Resilience planning
1. Five Rings: protect from the outside in.
SITE: terrain, drainage, vegetation and access determine what reaches the building. PERIMETER: fences, walls, hardscape and near-building conditions can redirect water, fire or debris. SHELL: roof, walls, windows, doors, vents and edges are where weather meets construction. LIFE SYSTEMS: power, water, communications, cooling and sanitation determine whether the building remains usable. RECOVERY: access, records, materials and repair routes determine how difficult the week after the event becomes.
02Resilience planning
2. Resilience Pathway: understand what happens next.
The practical unit of resilience is the sequence. Wind can affect an edge, water can enter, power can be interrupted and a small condition can amplify the impact. Floodwater can move through a drain or lower opening. Ember entry can turn a maintenance detail into an ignition path. Apollo maps the chain before choosing products.
03Resilience planning
3. Survive → Function → Recover.
SURVIVE asks whether the building and protective systems can resist the event within their design assumptions. FUNCTION asks which essential activities can continue if normal services are interrupted. RECOVER asks how quickly the property can be made safe, dried, repaired and brought back into use.
04Resilience planning
4. Protection Dividend: make one intervention work harder.
When two technically suitable options exist, compare the normal-day benefit as well as hazard-day protection. A shutter can also reduce solar gain. Better drainage can reduce routine ponding as well as flood exposure. A raised service location can improve access while reducing shallow-water consequence.
05Resilience planning
5. Resilience Ladder: sequence the spend.
Start with inspection, maintenance and the highest-priority items. Use medium budgets to complete a high-consequence pathway rather than start several half-projects. Use major capital work to strengthen the resilience architecture: roof systems, whole-opening protection, site drainage, service relocation, impact glazing or coordinated energy and water systems.
06Resilience planning
6. The 72-Hour House Test: identify the priorities.
Run the property on paper through a short disruption. At hour zero, check access, shelter and manual operation. By 6–12 hours, lighting, refrigeration, charging and indoor temperature begin to matter. By 24–48 hours, water, sanitation, food, fuel and communications dominate. At 72 hours, the question is whether the occupants can remain safe, informed and basically functional while deciding what happens next.
07Resilience planning
7. Resilience Passport: make the property legible.
Record the known hazard, the protection system, its operating limit, maintenance interval, manual mode, key shutoffs, photos of hidden work, technical documents and the next action. The goal is not a perfect score. It is a property that future owners and contractors can understand under stress.
08Resilience planning
8. Professional question bank: turn project questions into a brief.
Ask for local wind pressures, product test standards, frame/fixing/substrate scope, manual operation, water source/depth/velocity/duration, displaced-water routes, pump and backflow scenarios, wildfire/WUI rules, essential electrical loads, backup runtime, exterior-shading opportunities and the ventilation strategy during smoke.
09Resilience planning
9. Technical evidence remains separate from the organising framework.
These tools help decide what to investigate and what to strengthen first. Actual construction, structural loading, drainage, floodproofing, electrical work, wildfire detailing and product performance still require current local guidance, exact product documentation and qualified professional input where applicable.
Project planning sequence
MAP → PRIORITISE → VERIFY → INTEGRATE → MAINTAIN
Map the hazard and building interfaces. Prioritise the interfaces with the greatest consequence. Verify the exact product information and local design requirements. Integrate structure, drainage, power, access and recovery. Maintain the system so the protection remains effective over time.
Project-specific technical review
Planning guidance first. Exact requirements confirmed for the project.
The planning guide helps identify what to protect and which questions to ask. Structural, flood, electrical, wildfire, drainage and product-performance decisions are then confirmed against the selected system, current project documentation, local requirements and qualified professional input where required.
Connected project pathway
Everything you need to take the next project step.
Product rangeWeather Protection
Explore the current Weather Protection range, project pathways and product information.
Open pathway Planning guideWeather Protection Planning GuidePlan the project around application, site conditions, interfaces, evidence and local responsibilities before the final configuration is frozen.
Open pathway Project filesProject Upload ToolSend plans, dimensions, photographs and project information for review.
Open pathway TechnicalTechnical & Specifier CentreUse current product information, technical documentation and professional project resources.
Open pathway Project briefWeather Protection Project BriefSend the project scope, destination, dimensions, quantities and supporting information for manual review.
Open pathwayRelated pathwayProject references & planning
Technical informationNeed a datasheet, drawing, test report or tender submittal?
Request technical information No current public document is registered against this exact page yet. Tell Apollo what the project needs and the team can review the current product/configuration-specific information available.
Apollo NZ Global · International project supply
Build the weather-protection package around the property.
Send the location, plans, photos, opening dimensions and the weather exposures you are planning for. If the exact product is not listed, Apollo can review suitable supply pathways against the project brief.