Living in a houseboat is a courageous idea because there are things you must consider living on water instead of land. But most houseboat dwellers agree that today there is so much information and help on the internet that houseboat living has become more popular than ever. People from every walk of life; retired teachers to artists and authors are taking the plunge into houseboat living.
“Instead of embody permanence, solidity and longevity, perception must emphasize change, adaptation.” – Danai Thaitakoo
Floating houses can produce their own water, recycle their effluents and waste, and offer a green roof where it is possible to cultivate different options.
While many places in the world use these types of houses, forming floating neighborhoods, and their existence goes back in time, this proposal can be sustainable and tempting for souls seeking innovative ways of life. And not only that, but it is adaptable to various places and it is even possible to find on the web various forms of building them, which promise to be accessible to modern man.
The world’s largest houseboat community is home to the center of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which is immune to variations in sea level and is considered to be the home of the future for many architects. IJburg, designed by the Marlies Rohmer studio, has small bridges between houses and paved streets.
Most of the projects base their forms on the use of solar panels that include a system of energy utilization of tides that supply all the needs of the house, both day and night.
Within the ecological characteristics they have a water desalination system, transforming it into drinking water for the use of the inhabitants, recycling system and filtration of the water discharged from the toilets.
Another option is that it promotes an alternative way of living with the land and its resources, developed from creative ideas that arise ceaselessly as viable paths to climate change, as well as to the ways of life of man today.
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