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Floating Architecture: Projects, Journals & Ideas

97 Projects 14 Journals 1 Publications 6 Competitions

About Discussions Projects97 Journals14 Publications1 Competitions6

Floating architecture covers structures that rest on or move with water, rather than being fixed to land. Designers working in this area must resolve buoyancy, anchoring, stability under wave motion, and the material and utility connections that keep a building habitable while the ground beneath it shifts.

Member work here ranges from vernacular floating settlements and cultural buildings sited on flood-prone coasts and rivers to more speculative proposals for hovering and mechanical structures. Projects such as Pusaran Ocean Deck, Commune Ark, and Athenaeum address how floating forms can respond to climate-driven water levels, while others explore the formal and structural possibilities of buildings that do not sit on foundations.

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UNI Editorial7 works

UNI6 works

smaran alva2 works

Prachi Metawala1 work

Thejasetuo Sote1 work

Katarzyna Chłodek1 work

Karan Daisaria1 work

Ameya Kaulaskar1 work

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Katarina

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Mother river

Climate change has been present for a long time and affects the environment and the entire living world. The direct consequences of climate change can cause significant problems and that is why this project is considering a climate adaptable system in order to continue food production.

soheib and 3 others

367

Futuristic Floating Residents

Sea level rising in coastal cities have a negative impact on the lives of residents. Findings support the argument that traditional land reclamation methods are not a practical long term solution apart from its various disadvantages on the ecosystem.Our approach to solve this problem was to adapt to environment and use floating structure against SLR impacts.

Khadidja and 2 others

296

The Hovering Building

This structure aims to create a form that acts as an exhibition object for architecture while including activities of leisure and education. The programs are architecture-related and the user target of this building is mainly craft's people. Although it is designed to attract tourists as well as locals.

Maria and Roy

272

VALHALLA

This project, redefines the use of oil rigs, and provides a solution as to how they should be treated in the future.

Jawad and Tazeen

176

Gwadar Protest

Uplifting the local community through architecture

pratik

160

Buoyant Anchor

Water Is an element which has given birth on earth and still supports it. But in 21st century and before because of increase in population and urbanization it is linked with the element which is also a cause of death. As humans we should be able to make peace with water and try to live with so this proposal is about how we can live with water & its disaster.

YongYi and 3 others

Floating boundary

We hope to use the idea of symbiosis with nature and the original image of the city as a prototype to createa memorial place with humanistic care and critical spirit, and to shape this site into the control and warning boundary of maritime "construction".

Ram and 2 others

Synapse

A Floating Aquapolis

Kinga and 2 others

Iceberg Bridge

The great glaciers of our world in Greenland and Antarctica are slowly disappearing. Enormous parts of Netherlands, Florida and other lowlands are predicted to be flooded by 2050. The bridge is a constant reminder of the world which we will loose if we don't change. It could begin with the choice of cycling over driving.

Karan and 2 others

ANTI - FRAGILE

Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility and uncertainty. Imagine a tomorrow that builds on the resilience from unpredictability using elements of Nature & power of regeneration towards a new horizon. ANTI-FRAGILE is a 3 insert approach to celebrate community, instate resilience in structures & thrive a new habitat.

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UNI Editorial

publishedResults17 hours ago

Afloat: A Floating Indonesian City That Uses Shared Housing to Ease Ethnic Tension

Timber gables, fishing grids and planted islets form a water district where a common way of living becomes the ground on which neighbors meet.

Residential Building

Urban Design

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

Proximity Island Frame: A Floating Platform That Holds the Horizon Still While the Sea Moves

qiaoxi wu's Editor's Choice entry rides existing offshore columns with the tide, framing the sea-sky line as a fixed datum in a restless ocean.

Ocean Architecture

Seaside Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog6 months ago

Pusaran Ocean Deck: A Floating Vernacular Architecture Experiment in Indonesia

A floating ironwood deck in Karimun Jawa merges vernacular design, marine conservation, tourism, and spiritual space within a whirlpool-inspired ocean structure.

Public Architecture

Architecture

UNI

publishedReview5 months ago

Commune Ark: Floating Settlements That Refuse to Retreat from the Floodplain

A modular housing system along a 1 km embankment reimagines river delta communities as adaptive, buoyant clusters rather than victims of displacement.

Community-Driven Architecture

Disaster Resilient