guidance for designing a floating energy conscious community


 
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nngchain16



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:57 am    Post subject: guidance for designing a floating energy conscious community Reply with quoteFind all posts by nngchain16

hi

iam doing thesis on amphibious community . a series of houses that would float on water during floods that are energy conscious. if anyone could guide me abt the structural component (floating)it would be of great help .also i am in urgent of case studies i could do for the same .
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lekizz
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quoteFind all posts by lekizz

Herman Herzberger designed a prototype floating home in the Netherlands

http://www.colorcoat-online.com/file_source/StaticFiles/Colorcoat%20Online/pdf/watervilla.pdf

There are a number of examples in Holland at the moment.
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nngchain16



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quoteFind all posts by nngchain16

thanks a lot for that input.......
also post me if u have an idea about how it's structures work
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lekizz
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quoteFind all posts by lekizz

Read the link! It describes the structure.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quoteFind all posts by Ermotertardup23

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