All rules into drug addiction. And seeing the world through the unique perspective a british photographer caught in. This. Many people dream of living on the water here in europe that tends to mean a come out something similar but how about a real house with old and on up stairs and down stairs of course the experts at living on the water but weve been to a housing complex in amsterdam that floats on the homes are environmentally friendly as well. Living on water in the City Center One day more than 100 people will live on the side canal in amsterdam. Mockers schweder and his wife yvonne from suffolk are among the 1st residents. To this latest confusion a different way of life here. And. The Water Sparkles and reflects everywhere. Their house is one of a total of 30 buildings that are part of the Scone Skip Amsterdam project each building has its own design 20 different architects were involved in the project the houses were built on land and then brought to the Dock By Boat Sustainabi
a network so if one house has excess energy and one house doesn t have enough energy they can then do a trade off and get some energy off their neighbor they ve also got solar roofs many of them also have green roofs so people can grow vegetables on the roof if they so choose the waste water from the showers and toilets is treated as a refinery that uses it to produce more energy heat from the houses comes from a system that works like a geothermal pump that extracts heat from the can now the people living there have also renounced their cars and instead share electric cars very wonderful big question how much that cost house costs between 300900000 year that s not cheap. while building floating homes can be more expensive because of the engineering and because of the architecture involved these same principles can be used to create more affordable housing and of course it s not just
to this latest confusion a different way of life here. and. the water sparkles and reflects everywhere. their house is one of a total of 30 buildings that are part of the scone skip amsterdam project each building has its own design 20 different architects were involved in the project the houses were built on land and then brought to the dock by boat sustainability is particularly important to the inhabitants. translates to clean ship. they wanted to achieve is to show that you can. water with very sustainable houses and in a sustainable way in the sense that we as a community. like all the buildings paddock ikes house has its own solar power supply sustainable and eco friendly materials were used for all the homes. one of the 1st floating districts in. amsterdam was built just