Floating prefab house settlement in the Netherlands

2 May 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Luuk Kramer

© Luuk Kramer

An amazing neighborhood of 75 modern floating homes has popped up in IJburg, Netherlands, paying tribute to close relationship that the Dutch have with water. Using docks as sidewalks and the IJ Lake as a backyard, the flotilla is a large-scale adaptive development in a country that will be disproportionately affected with rising seas due to climate change. The modular homes by Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer feature a flexible design – wall panels can be swapped for windows to adjust each house to its site. On a hot day residents can jump off the porch for a dip, or in winter they can strap on a pair of ice skates to get around.   read more…

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