{"id":11156,"date":"2017-08-16T11:41:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T09:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/?p=11156"},"modified":"2018-11-27T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T13:19:43","slug":"unique-floating-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/unique-floating-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating Architecture: Unique Floating Structures Around The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boat houses, floating houses, floating hotels, floating architecture has always been a fascinating concept to people. The concept of floating structures that allow you to live on water is inherently enthralling!<\/p>\n

But some architects have gone above and beyond the idea of a house on water, floating structures now include supermarkets, hospitals and even prisons!<\/p>\n

Here are some of the most unique floating structures around the world.<\/p>\n

Floating Prison, New York City, USA<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Floating<\/p>\n

Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest operational prison ship in the world, the barge was built as a result of overcrowding prisons in 1980s.<\/p>\n

The prison has been in operation since 1992, and in many respects, it is not that different from other conventional prisons.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Vernon C. Bain Center\u00a0, also known as The Boat, is designed to house inmates from medium to maximum-security, the structure being on water provides even more security.<\/p>\n

The building constitutes of 16 dormitories and 100 cells, it even has basketball courts in a \u00a0caged in recreational area.<\/p>\n

Floating Supermarket, Southern India<\/h2>\n

\"Floating<\/p>\n

Instead of building a supermarket on every island in Kuttanad archipelago, Consumerfed, the federation which manages the government-backed retail cooperative societies decided to build this floating supermarket.<\/p>\n

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The floating Triveni Superstore in Kundara is a huge boat crafted of anti-corrosive, steel-reinforced cement.<\/p>\n

It is essentially a traveling department store that sells everything from groceries to household appliances!<\/p>\n

The stores can only accommodate 20 people at a time, including the floating market’s salespersons and the driver.<\/p>\n

The first of its kind in India, the market alert villagers beforehand of their planned arrival.<\/p>\n

Floating Island, Seoul, South Korea<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Floating<\/p>\n

Built in The Han river which divides Seoul in half, the complex consists of three structures, representing the three stages of a blooming flower: seed, bud, and blossom.<\/p>\n

The island like buildings house shops, restaurants, and a number of venue spaces that host festivals and exhibitions throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Floating island is a collaboration between H Architecture in New York and Haeahn Architecture in Seoul. The buildings resemble a delicate yet bold structures of glass, wood, and steel.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Floating Pavilion, Rotterdam, Netherlands<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"The\u00a0Floating<\/p>\n

Floating Pavilion is a complex consisting of three floating half-spheres. It is fully relocatable. It serves as portable exhibition hall and conference space.<\/p>\n

Designed by DeltaSync and Public Domain Architecten, this pavilion is remarkable not only because of its shape, but also because of its climate change resilient, innovative, sustainable and flexible qualities.<\/p>\n

Seeds of change, The Floating Garden, Bristol<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Seeds<\/p>\n

\u2018Seeds of Change’ is the overall title of an ongoing ballast seed garden project from Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves.<\/p>\n

Working with the University of Bristol Botanic Garden and Bristol City Council, the artist have utilized a disused concrete barge and created a permanent Ballast Seed Garden on Bristol’s Floating Harbor.<\/p>\n

The Floating Garden was designed by German designer Gitta Gschwendtner who worked closely with the artist to create a contemplative architectural space to walk, sit and observe the plants.<\/p>\n

The irrigation and lighting systems are powered by solar panels, and the garden\u2019s frame, seating, and pathway are made from sustainable grown pine.<\/p>\n

Floating skate ramp, Lake Tahoe, USA<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Floating<\/p>\n

After having skated on pretty much every surface imaginable, when\u00a0Visit California asked pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist in 2013 to build something new , he came up with the idea of a floating skate ramp.<\/p>\n

Lake Tahoe is famous for its extraordinary clear blue water, what a wonderful place to skate! Plus, if a skater fell down, the water would cushion the fall.<\/p>\n

The ramp is made of wood, it was designed and built in only four days by designers\u00a0Jerry Blohm and Jeff King.<\/p>\n

To learn more about weird architecture see also:<\/h3>\n
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Weird Homes: the most Unconventional Converted Houses<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Unusual Architecture: The Most Unique Hotels in The World<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/header>\n
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Weird buildings in khaleeji architecture: The good the bad and the ugly<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boat houses, floating houses, floating hotels, floating architecture has always been a fascinating concept to people. The concept of floating structures that allow you to live on water is inherently enthralling! But some architects have gone above and beyond the idea of a house on water, floating structures now include supermarkets, hospitals and even prisons! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1068],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11156"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16757,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156\/revisions\/16757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}