NEW YORK: The hundred and fifth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.
Thailand has developed a multigenerational floating home to grapple with floods. Hidden under the house and wraparound porch are steel pontoons filled with styrofoam. These can lift the structure three meters off the ground if this area, two hours north of Bangkok, floods as it did in 2011 when two-thirds of the country was inundated – affecting a fifth of its 67 million people.
The 2.8 million baht ($86,000) amphibious house in Ban Sang village is one way architects, developers and governments around the world are brainstorming solutions as climate change brews storms, floods and rising sea levels that threaten communities in low-lying coastal cities.
