Friday 27 June 2014

7 Floating Homes That Will Make You Want To Live on Water - Time Magazine

1. Fifty-five homes drift in the Ijburg area in East Amsterdam. The structures, outlined by the Dutch firm Marlies Rohmer Architects, sit on empty solid "tubs" that are submerged a large portion of a story

 




2. Christopher Simmonds Architect included a 600 sq. foot second story throughout a remodel of this wonderful boat shelter in Muskoka, Ontario.


3.  This floating home concept was designed by the Singapore-based architect Dymitr Malcew to offer luxury on the water. The home sits on a floating, transportable platform



4. Outlined by Vietnam-based H&p Architects as a moderate idea home for villagers in a portion of   the nation's most surge inclined ­regions—it costs simply $2,500 to construct the Blooming Bamboo Home's bottom layer could be loaded with reused oil drums that permit it to buoy in wet conditions, while steel pillars keep it moo


5.Craftsman Stephen Turner has used a full year living on board the trial abiding he manufactured, which glides along southern England's Beaulieu River. Its wooden outside is fastened to the shore like a pontoon and houses a bunk, worktable, kitchen and lavatory.


6.  This two-story structure, outlined by the structural engineering firm MOS, is associated with an exclusive island—which is a 20-moment pontoon ride from the terrain by an extension from the top floor. It drifts on steel barges, which permit it climb and fall with the water level of Lake Huro


7. The Fennel House, outlined by Robert Harvey Oshatz, skims on Portland's Willamette River. Its bended structure, reflecting the swells of the water, is made with Glulam wood bars and sits on a drifting stage.


Courtsey : Time Magzine