floating houses Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:35:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Silt Lake City: A City Floating on the Nile River https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silt-lake-city-floating-nile-20130125/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silt-lake-city-floating-nile-20130125/#respond Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:35:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32038 The River Nile in ancient times was shown to flood the Nile valley area during certain seasons and served to irrigate the land and provide needed nutrients for farming. The construction of dams along the river in modern times has all but done away with this useful resource, but a new architectural solution promises to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silt-lake-city-floating-nile-20130125/feed/ 0 32038 Rotterdam’s Floating Pavilion is Solar Powered and Developed to Withstand Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/rotterdam-floating-pavilion-20130108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/rotterdam-floating-pavilion-20130108/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:45:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30868 In order to face the challenges posed by climate change and its consequent rise of sea levels, Rotterdam has begun the construction of some interesting floating structures. At the forefront of this project for climate-proof architecture is the Floating Pavilion which is made up of three bubble-like hemispheres located in the old harbor of Rotterdam. […]

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