marcus schmidt and his wife yvonne tunney south paramount the 1st residents. to the slim's conclusion are it's a different way of life all this light here the water sparkles and reflects everywhere. and now yes you experience it much much more. somehow you're closer to nature when the wind blows and you open the door a gust of wind will come rushing into your face so you feel everything very directly. your house is one of 30 buildings that are part of the project and. each building has its own design. but they all have one thing in common they float on special concrete wrong it's fastened on 2 pillars the swimming foundation needs to be able to carry several 100 tons a misstep will be balanced precisely here at home if it is one of the project architects because up front you have to calculate every thing that you put on the boat how heavy it will be because if you put in too much. weight it will be too low and then the water starts to come in so that's why we make a lot of calculations but front how heavy the boat will be. 20 different architects were involved

for yvonne fun saka marcus schmidt this vision has become reality. $115.00 square metres 2 floors anda roof garden it's almost like a house in the countryside but there's one difference their entire home sways going to be going it was a bit weird. this year which i haven't felt secure but i did have a day where i thought i need to set foot on solid ground. but it's a small price to pay for their dream of living on water. not unlike amsterdam in the city of jakarta indonesia which is sinking at the fastest street compared to other cities in the world the problem is much more creative parts of the indonesian capital have already dropped 4 meters but a rise in sea levels is not the only culprit local residents are steadily depleting the ground water supply below the city which basically clear its an air pocket into which the above it seems attempts to curtail this development have proven difficult because almost half of the jakarta but rely on groundwater for their day to day needs. it's been a while since anyone prayed in this mosque in north. the sea has long since claimed to it. it ma