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Floating Architecture

Floating architecture allows structures to float on water and maintain an elevated floor height even during high tides or floods. There are two main types - permanently floating houses and houses that float only during floods. Floating houses are supported by principles of buoyancy and do not require traditional foundations. They are constructed using lightweight and buoyant materials like foam, wood, or composites that allow the house to float while also supporting the weight. Floating architecture provides opportunities for more sustainable living through renewable energy generation and reduced dependence on other resources.

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Floating Architecture

Floating architecture allows structures to float on water and maintain an elevated floor height even during high tides or floods. There are two main types - permanently floating houses and houses that float only during floods. Floating houses are supported by principles of buoyancy and do not require traditional foundations. They are constructed using lightweight and buoyant materials like foam, wood, or composites that allow the house to float while also supporting the weight. Floating architecture provides opportunities for more sustainable living through renewable energy generation and reduced dependence on other resources.

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Presentation by – Dipesh Makwana

Floating Architecture
Floating architecture is the architecture capable of floating in the water
and maintaining a functional floor height above the water surface when
exposed to high tide or flood.

WHY FLOATING ARCHITECTURE ?


• GLOBAL WEATHER CHANGES
• Global warming
• Population
Floating Houses
• “Floating” term in the foundation engineering is used when the
soil beneath the footing does not experience any extra load, as the
load of the structure is equal or less than the soil displaced.
• Floating houses are similar in concept and normally defined those
houses which are constructed on water in a way that the load of
the structure is equal or less than the uplift force of the water
which helps in floating the house on water.

Types of Floating Houses


• There are two types of floating houses, one which permanently
floats and
• other that float only during flood waters else get placed on the
ground, particularly during dry season if there is no water.
The Principle of floating houses
• Floating houses do not require foundation and are based on the
principle of buoyancy thus are also called buoyant homes. Thus
the base of the structure should be such that it helps in floating
as well is able to take the deadload of the house, live load and
other loads to be encountered by the house.
• The houses may be constructed onbeats, hollow pipes,
lightweight pads and similar materials which help in the floating
as well taking uploads.

Floating Systems
Flotation Systems being used
include log floats, solid Styrofoam
encased in rubber, foam filled steel
pontoons, concrete pontoons,
concrete and foam, wood and foam,
polyethylene shell with solid core
polystyrene block moulded inside,
fibreglass etc.
Principle of Vertically moving Floating Houses

A steel frame that holds the flotation blocks is attached to the


underside of the house. There are four 'vertical guidance' poles not far
from the corners of the house. The tops of the poles are attached to the
steel frame. The poles telescope out of the ground, allowing the house
to move up and down.
Floating Building opportunities for Future Sustainable
Development and Energy Efficiency Gains
• promoting renewable energy generation, accessibility, reuse,
recycling and self-supporting.
• offshore wind energy, wave energy and photovoltaic cells on the
sea can be used to provide a new renewable energy source for the
future and reduce dependence on other resources.
• The building’s heating and air conditioning systems rely on solar
energy and surface water, ocean thermal energy.

Ocean Thermal Energy Wave Energy


Aim and Objectives
The aim of this project is to develop an integrated floating house
conceptual model for fluctuating water level. To achieve the aim,
there are three main objectives as below.
• To investigate the basic fundamentals of the floating system.
• To investigate the current system in a floating house.
• To develop the floating house technology by taking into the
consideration of ability to endure the lateral current effect,
floating stability and foundation system.

Scope
• The study focuses on the floating house which is integrated
with a housing structure.
• Comparison with the existing concept and suit our
requirements.
• The floating part has to be the simple float that has the
characteristics of stable and can withstand lateral forces from
the water current3.
Limitation
The study focuses on the Construction Technology of floating house
that includes the floating system, support system, construction
technology.

Conclusion
The rise of water level due to global warming increases the sea level
over the land surface. Floating architecture provides the way to live
safely with the rising water level. Floating houses reduce the damage
due to property and human life significantly. The design is carried out
using lightweight construction materials and the entire structure has
a stable arrangement. This upcoming technology will be in practice in
many parts of the world when the existing land surface is taken away
by the rising water level.

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