Float!
: building on water to combat urban congestion and climate change / Koen
Olthuis & David Keuning
Frame,
Amsterdam [etc.]: 2010
304 p. :
il.
ISBN 9789077174296
Materias:
Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje A-711.4.01 FLO
"Float Building on Water to Combat Urban Congestion and
Climate Change" proposes a new way of building: on water instead of on
land. Although the concept may seem revolutionary, it is an obvious solution to
overcrowded metropolises. Most world cities are situated on the water and have
too little space where it's most needed: in the city center. Building on water
allows inner-city areas to expand. Floating buildings have many advantages.
They are both flexible and mobile. A buoyant structure can be moved to make
space for a new building, decreasing the need for the demolition of a
development that still has a productive economic future. Floating buildings
outwit changing water levels by rising and falling with the tide and, in so
doing, promote a more responsible water management. They leave no scars on
their sites, permitting planners to actively meet the demands of the moment. Floating
buildings are not new. People of nearly every creed and culture have lived on
houseboats since time immemorial. Using modern technologies borrowed from the
offshore and shipping industries, architects and engineers can adapt existing
construction methods for use in erecting large building complexes on water. It's
up to the architects of the climate-change generation to respond to the world's
spatial needs with smart, sustainable proposals. "Float " will help
them to do just that.
Koen Olthuis is an architect at Waterstudio.NL. David
Keuning is on the editorial staff of "Mark: Another Architecture," a
bimonthly journal on architecture. His website is davidkeuning.com
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