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 we've 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 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

a couple of years ago in the district of 50 houses on artificial islands demand for the floating homes is on the rise in several areas where they are building houses and communities over 520-2200 houses. for even fans sark and marcus this vision has now become reality $115.00 square metres 2 floors a roof garden almost like a house in the countryside. there is one difference their home way. i haven't yet but i did have a day where i sure i need to sit on some solid ground for. a small price to pay for their dream of living on the water. my colleague melissa holroyd been looking into this living on the water and as i said

the world experts they are the netherlands is of course one of the lowest lying countries in the world. areas of a below sea level that means they have actually have to take action this is nothing new for the dutch they've been doing it for the last 800 years with dikes and canals doing whatever they can to keep dry they also have a very long history of houseboats the situation they're generally not just getting more q yeah well global warming and rising sea levels means it takes all back aqua text very hard for solutions. is a possible solution to these environmental changes that we're all facing calls. as we heard these are meant to be environmentally friendly all these houses in the piece but tell us a bit more about the homes of very well insulated they're also. connected to

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

a doctor problem i mean there's a whole lot going on when it comes to floating structures around the world in london for example british architects back up planning floating homes in the royal docks they're also talking about approaching from pre copenhagen has responded to the lack of affordable student housing with the so-called urban rigor that's 12 floating houses designed by a danish architect engles ingles is a very passionate and doesn't shy away from some greater vision he has his idea of a floating city for 10000 people in rio and by climate change. that looked a pretty amazing about what our guts for the future melissa holroyd fascinating stuff thank you very much. now in 100 german must reads a book by your. father was a great of the beach office of the sixty's and seventy's like jack kerouac and william burroughs and he lived his life on the edge indeed at different times in

his life he was a heroin addict and the drunk just like the antihero in his novel rule material so he knows what he's writing about is david leavitt with. first page finished just a few 100 more before i can call myself a novelist i guess but where you get a look at this snazzy typewriter back in the sixty's nothing's said take me seriously i'm a writer quite like this baby. and. how they would be a writer if you weren't so busy. use the antihero in raw material by your followers i'm going to be in his artist but he lived in the attic of an estimable hotel where they pump themselves for cocaine heroin and opium to fuel their habit they cheat and steal how he even pons his treasure typewriter. i got another kick to the

stomach when i was lying outside so this was the pavement i tasted plenty worse but i didn't want to get used to it either i looked for my glasses until i realized that i was holding them i put them back on close up this pavement looked interesting there was even a crack running through the asphalt and through the crack a blade of grass was growing if that's the case i told myself you can get up to. the debts off heroin and becomes a drinker he finds his place in the bars all the while holding on to his dream of writing honest books about real life. the real life how do you. your clothes are died 3 years after raw material came out he was drunk walked onto a highway and was hit by a truck this book is his legacy intense real raw what follows it describes in raw

material is life his own life you've never read a book like this one. sounds good the british photographer martin paul is a chronicler of age his projects are humorous yet sociological look at society his photos are original and entertaining and shows the quirks and idiosyncrasies of normal life there's a retrospective of his work at the moment in the off here in germany so he visited some a lot gardens there beforehand to photograph some of the onus and has included the results in his exhibition. that you. must wonder at that is what i was skeptical with him being a star photographer but he had barely walked in and that disappeared on he's going

to kill and what is good suspect so of us he's totally uncomplicated he just loves taking photos of nothing we just weren't allowed to laugh at 40 photographs people how they are the way we too look exactly no makeup no fancy clothes. that we're going to show you so i think in the end ultimately what is the best solution for you i mean why pretend you'll something else you are. yes i think to be a problem you've got to be able to sense i like obsession you know i'm obsessed myself and i look for other people who are obsessive because my favorite subject matter. martin paul made his name in the 1980 s. with these images in the rundown seaside resort of new brighton near liverpool he captured moments from the summer holidays of the working classes daily life in the sacha iraq. next he turned his camera on the middle and upper classes documented in

the habits and quotes of his fellow britons with a heightened sense of situational comedy. cause traveled the world documenting the idiosyncrasies of ordinary folks each technicolor. crinkles spots in large pools extra pounds sparing eye of his camera captures everything. i don't know why you think it's being mean it's just people. trying to. which is what we're mostly up against you know but we all see that flows from the folks who are human that's probably a truck should be here when i was with lord i why not celebrate that no one is

perfect. and also how funny it is an image he's had his picture taken all over the world in every possible cheesy set up always in the same unsmiling pose. the results compiled in his book which i portray serve as a parody of portrayed snaps in an age to full selfies. he also has an uncanny ability to blend into the scenery pattern and seem to discreetly photograph board couples without their feeling observed. it's time for dusseldorf to look someone told us to admire the results of pas work these photos off far off from the us a list they often know satirical commentary on are not meant gardening or german perfectionism instead they're an affectionate tribute to their subjects good to photographer be mellowing with age finally martin

joins the subjects of his labors for a group photo it's clear the photographer can blend in in front of the camera as well as behind it. i do like his photography always touched with a sense of humor and showing our way the human race really mole on martin paul and everything else on the show on our website of course with g.w. dot com slash culture and lots of all the topics. as well that's all from pots and culture from our franks very much watching joins against a bot. going

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