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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2009 13:06:44 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 13, 2009 15:05:01 GMT
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? |
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Post by fumobici on Oct 13, 2009 15:39:26 GMT
There are flex pipe and/or self-closing snap fittings that would easily handle the gas supply under those circumstances.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 13, 2009 16:30:31 GMT
Thanks, Fumobici. I was sort of obsessing about that.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 13, 2009 17:50:09 GMT
They probably wouldn't meet existing code though.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 27, 2010 17:25:40 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 11, 2011 17:31:03 GMT
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Post by gertie on Jan 24, 2011 4:51:17 GMT
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.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2011 6:42:09 GMT
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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