Dutch architecture office i29 has completed a floating home on a canal in Amsterdam that features angled openings and cutaway corners providing views across the watery neighbourhood.
The owners asked i29 to create a house as part of the Schoonschip floating village which is located on the Johan van Hasselt Canal in a former industrial neighbourhood in north Amsterdam.
Schoonschip Amsterdam was envisioned by a group of residents who engaged spatial design studio Space&Matter to develop an urban plan comprising 46 individual water dwellings, housing more than 100 residents.
The house forms part of the Schoonschip floating village in Amsterdam
The "floating village" has been in development since 2010 and is intended as a model of sustainable planning. Water pumps that extract warmth from the canal water provide heat to the homes, while solar panels supply electricity that is stored and traded with the national energy grid.