The vision of living on water has recently become a professional focus among architects and urban planners. Climatic change, the rise of the sea level, and the constantly increasing global population are issues that render treating water surfaces as settlement areas as topical as never before.
Built on Water introduces innovative projects that include a wide range of building types based on very different approaches to handling water as the base for buildings - whether as floating or fixed constructions, as new buildings or for reusing existing structures. The different ways of dealing with water as an architectural element, turns this volume into a source of inspiration and comprehensive compendium of the visionary concepts for a future on and with water.
Ephemeral buildings take possession of a location for a specific period of time, adding meaning and new quality to it. They can be interim solutions that no longer serve a purpose after a certain point, or projects and settings created for special occasions. Temporary architecture frequently possesses an experimental character, which presents new perceptions of the functions and potentials of buildings, open spaces and rooms. Its transitory nature turns the attention in a very specific and precise way to what is essential and makes distinct design statements.
This volume gathers extraordinary contemporary projects from the very diverse areas of temporary architecture. Most of these concepts transgress the borderlines of architecture, art, design and social intervention, which results in a very unique form of creative freedom.
Loyers toujours plus chers, engouement pour un mode de vie simple, intérêt pour le développement durable, désir d'accéder à la propriété : ce ne sont là que quelques-unes des explications avancées pour expliquer la croissance exponentielle constatée ces dernières années sur le marché des minimaisons. Cette tendance, renforcée par la récente crise immobilière et financière, a eu pour conséquence l'apparition du « Tiny House Mouvement » aux États-Unis et son extension progressive à d'autres pays.
En dépit des différences nationales, toutes les habitations de ce type ont en commun de regrouper sur une surface inférieure à soixante mètres carrés tout ce dont on a besoin pour vivre. uvres de bricoleurs à l'origine, les minimaisons sont aujourd'hui un domaine d'activité pour des architectes de renom, qui relèvent le défi consistant à développer des concepts spatiaux ingénieux sur un espace réduit.
On en trouvera de nombreux exemples dans cet ouvrage.
Rising rents, the desire for a simpler life, the aim for sustainability, or the wish to posses a relocatable home: These are just a few reasons why the market for tiny houses has become increasingly popular in recent years. The «Tiny House Movement« lifestyle trend, which began in the Unites States, has spread throughout the entire world driven by the construction and financial crisis. Even though there are many regional variations, all residences of this type share a major feature - on an area of up to 60 sqm (500 sqf) they provide all necessities of life. Nowadays, they are no longer designed by individual solo fighters but also by renowned architects who take on the simple yet challenging task and develop the enthralling room concepts and spatial solutions that are presented in this volume.
