This is amazing and a whole lot of other words that we can’t come up with.
Brad Pitt‘s green and sustainable building foundation Make It Right will unveil a house that floats when it floods. The house is ready to move in and will be presented to a family that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina tomorrow.
According to Thom Mayne founder of Morphosis Architects, who was behind this incredible design explained in an interview how it was done:
The designers gave the building a chassis, made it out of polystyrene foam and covered it with glass-reinforced concrete. What does that do? It produces a raft; it floats and it’s thought about as a seat belt. I mean, hopefully it never gets used. But when it gets used, it’s important. The house is anchored to the ground by two vertical guideposts. At times of flooding, the house moves up the guideposts — up to 12 feet — to prevent it from drifting.
As if that wasn’t enough the home is able to break away easily from electric lines and plumbing allowing it to travel up to 12 feet during flooding. The floating house also contains enough batteries to keep everything running inside for as much as 3 days.
Why is it taking everyone else so long to believe in sustainable and green building? More of this needs to happen!
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