Dutch floating homes
If climate change engulfed the Netherlands with rising sea levels, wouldn’t it be a shame? To smoke legal dope, where would we go? It is also one of the more ingenious ones with the world’s most humane nation. There are architects designing homes floating even in frequently flooded areas that are intended to survive.
An architecture firm, with help from the Dutch government, called Waterstudio is building split-levels on the Maas River banks in Maasbommel. Including enclosed basements, foundations sit on the river bottom. As it does about once every dozen years in some areas, the foundations lift and the houses float to the surface If the water level goes up.
Next step: floating gardens, multi-storey complexes, movable houses, and maybe even floating villages. For design pics, see the Waterstudio website.
