FLOATING APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR FLOOD PRONE AREAS
Keeping houses from flooding is a major problem in Holland, owing to the fact that most of the country is below sea level.
Now, architects have found a way to fix the problem by building the Citadel the worlds first floating apartment complex. Seasickness should be no problem as the complex will float on a massive concrete foundation that is designed to remain perfectly stable as the water rises and falls.
Designed by Koen Olthius of Waterstudio in the Netherlands, the Citadel will house 60 luxury apartments, a parking garage, a floating roadway, and boat docks. Each apartment will naturally have waterfront views via a garden terrace, and greenhouses will be interspersed throughout, Australian website Gizmodo reports.
But the greenest feature of the Citadel is its cooling system: submerged pipes will pump water throughout the structure to cool it, reducing its energy use by 25% compared to a conventional building.



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