Comments on: WATERSTUDIO’S FLOOD-RESISTANT ARCHITECTURE http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:34:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: AAsamoahhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-58615 AAsamoah Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:58:42 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/#comment-58615 People this is called Flood Resistant architecture not Hurricane Resistant there is a difference. People this is called Flood Resistant architecture not Hurricane Resistant there is a difference.

]]> By: Randi Doekerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-6465 Randi Doeker Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:41:52 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/#comment-6465 Therese is right: the design of the buildings will be fatal to hundreds of thousands of birds over the lifetime of the structure. Bird-safe design is just as sttractive as bird-killing design; it is just a matter of will.Birds are not a renewable resource. Extinction is forever. Therese is right: the design of the buildings will be fatal to hundreds of thousands of birds over the lifetime of the structure. Bird-safe design is just as sttractive as bird-killing design; it is just a matter of will.

Birds are not a renewable resource. Extinction is forever.

]]> By: Chiphttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-5952 Chip Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:45:44 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/#comment-5952 I'd just like to point out that Hurricanes rarely bring slowly rising water (which this structure could easily handle.) The commonly bring large storm surges that tend to destroy rigid structures. I’d just like to point out that Hurricanes rarely bring slowly rising water (which this structure could easily handle.) The commonly bring large storm surges that tend to destroy rigid structures.

]]> By: sherry sonhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-5713 sherry son Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:41:03 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/#comment-5713 these are soooooo AWESOME!!! when i become an architect i am going to make cool stuff like that. that is AMAZING!!! these are soooooo AWESOME!!!
when i become an architect i am going to make cool stuff like that.
that is AMAZING!!!

]]> By: Theresehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-5632 Therese Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:51:44 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/#comment-5632 I found your website some months back and subscribe to the daily newsletter. I really enjoy it, particularly the innovations and wonderful thinking in new ways!I'm writing, however, about a problem I see with a lot of your featured building. All those beautiful, huge windows will kill birds, you know. I live in a house with just normal sized windows and every year we have a number of birds fly into the glass and some are killed outright, and others badly injured.Birds all over the world are under pressures that are reducing their abilities to live in the modern world. Surely people designing for a "better" way of building should consider the impact their designs will have on the other inhabitants of the planet. I found your website some months back and subscribe to the daily newsletter. I really enjoy it, particularly the innovations and wonderful thinking in new ways!

I’m writing, however, about a problem I see with a lot of your featured building. All those beautiful, huge windows will kill birds, you know. I live in a house with just normal sized windows and every year we have a number of birds fly into the glass and some are killed outright, and others badly injured.

Birds all over the world are under pressures that are reducing their abilities to live in the modern world. Surely people designing for a “better” way of building should consider the impact their designs will have on the other inhabitants of the planet.

]]> By: Laurahttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-5566 Laura Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:16:33 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/28/waterstudios-amphibious-architecture/#comment-5566 Although floating houses are not new, they have a constant challenge for not becoming a hazard to the environment. Main problems are power and water waste & management, specially when they don't move and become a real estate. When this happens, sometimes they have utilities (ducts) extended to their site and are a problem when managed inappropriately. Otherwise, they function like a boat. This is a problem in sensitive environments, like mangroves in the Caribbean. Although floating houses are not new, they have a constant challenge for not becoming a hazard to the environment. Main problems are power and water waste & management, specially when they don’t move and become a real estate. When this happens, sometimes they have utilities (ducts) extended to their site and are a problem when managed inappropriately. Otherwise, they function like a boat. This is a problem in sensitive environments, like mangroves in the Caribbean.

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