The Dutch experiments with flood-proof architecture and below-sea-level urbanism. NYT
See also:Dutch Answer to Flooding: Build Houses that SwimSea Orbiter
Biennale 05 Rotterdam curated last summer by Adriaan Geuze - The Flood
Hey - just wrote about this a few hours ago: see BLDGBLOG for more on the rise of pontoon cities... And an extensive review of the Bienniel can be found at Core77.
I'm really into this floating city thing (if you can't tell already); but it's exciting. Along those lines, don't forget China Miéville's book, The Scar, about a floating metropolis made from the lashed-together hulls of stolen ships...
Exciting, too, to see them ride out a Category 7 hurricane or a 11.9-earthquake generated tsunami. Like a house of cards. Like house of cards! Yes.
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Dutch Answer to Flooding: Build Houses that Swim
Sea Orbiter
Biennale 05 Rotterdam curated last summer by Adriaan Geuze - The Flood
Hey - just wrote about this a few hours ago: see BLDGBLOG for more on the rise of pontoon cities... And an extensive review of the Bienniel can be found at Core77.
I'm really into this floating city thing (if you can't tell already); but it's exciting. Along those lines, don't forget China Miéville's book, The Scar, about a floating metropolis made from the lashed-together hulls of stolen ships...
Exciting, too, to see them ride out a Category 7 hurricane or a 11.9-earthquake generated tsunami. Like a house of cards. Like house of cards!
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