Kiribati
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Project • By Dream & Real Architecture • Housing
Kiribati Floating House
https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-projects/hfvmm/kiribati-floating-houses-project-pages.html
• Main Cases / Climate Change / Sustainability:
* Because of climate change, there is a lack of food, drinkable water and environmental conditions (i.e tides and increasing coastal storms, the rise in sea level) becoming harsher than before in Kiribati. Actually, the inhabitants want to find a way to survive in their country, in these beautiful islands despite the climate change.
* Considering these problems, we propose a floating house able to float and maintain its functional floor height above the water surface. Besides, like amphibious houses, this house can also rise to a needed height (approximately max. 5 or 6 meters) with it... More