Most interesting new application of a very old idea. Many piers around the world are built that way. The first photo in this thread by Hwinpp shows one, and in the same thread there are pictures of houses using that concept.
My question about the Inhabitat house is - what happens to the gas lines when the house breaks away? Perhaps the fact that the broken portion would be under water would neutralize any danger?
Because The Saints are going to the Super Bowl, my son has been sending me links from N.O. sources. That's how I happened across more info about the floating house, and started looking around for other examples.
Interesting concept, and so is the house that floats when there is a flood although hm. What about stuff that bangs into the floating house? That ark looks very interesting. At least it has a lot of plants.
Having the 'need' for houses that float in an emergency implies that they are being built in places where they don't belong in the first place. In certain parts of the world, people do not have a choice, but the 'Brad Pitt' project looks the idle splurge of a rich country.
There are floating houses all over the world, but the only people who live in them make their living out of the water, which was certainly not the case of most of the people in the 9th ward.
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