The glass-fronted, energy-efficient homes are insulated and equipped with solar panels.Ī floating community of seven water villas in Urk, the Netherlands. The Dutch municipality of Urk is home to seven large floating villas by ABC Arkenbouw. One-off water properties aside, developers are also looking at creating floating communities. The pop-up system demonstrates the flexibility that floating homes can incorporate.
The bed is designed to sink into the ground, which then turns the bedroom into a study. The exterior staircase connects the different terraces of the building, and the open facade of the ground connects the interior and exterior.” Watervilla, AmsterdamĪnother project by Olthuis, the USP of this villa is its pop-up bedroom. It also has a big pool and mooring spot for a yacht. According to the Waterstudio website, the firm says: “The island is covered with sand, which gives a beach feeling. Floating Private Island Amillarah the World, Dubaiĭesigned by Waterstudio, Olthuis's architectural firm, this floating construction is located on the World Islands off the coast of Dubai. Whether or not the SeaPods are still on track for December is yet to be seen, but here are eight other floating homes that are cruising along nicely. Not only was nobody injured, but a statement from Ocean Builders read that nobody even got their feet wet.Ī SeaPod prototype in Panama experienced a pump malfunction in September. While one of the Panamanian pods recently experienced a pump malfunction, causing it to tilt, the company was quick to rectify the issue and clarify that it was the lack of a back-up system on the prototype SeaPod that sparked the incident. The Dutch are largely credited as being the pioneers of this format, and it was an architect from the European nation, Koen Olthuis, who designed the latest crop of pods for Panama’s Ocean Builders. From Dubai’s Marasi water villas and the Seahorses off the emirate’s coast, to a floating city in the Maldives and the world’s first community of SeaPods in Panama, homes on water are rapidly becoming a reality.
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