marcus schmidt and his wife yvonne tunney are among the 1st residents. to slim 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. and somehow you're closer to nature when the wind blows and you open the door the gust of wind will come rushing into your face so you feel everything very directly . their house is one of 30 buildings that are part of the project. each building has its own design. but they all have one thing in common they float on special concrete rafts fastened on 2 pillars the swimming foundation needs to be able to carry several 100 tons i'm a spare 4 be balanced precisely here at harvard is one of the project architects because you have to go 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 the water starts to come in so that's why we make a lot of calculations front how heavy the boat will be. 20 different architects were involved in the project the houses were built on land and t

for yvonne van saka marcus schmidt this vision has become reality. $115.00 square metres 2 floors ona roof garden it's almost like a house in the countryside but there's one difference their entire home sways religion it was a bit weird. i haven't felt sick here 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 metres 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 it's an air pocket into which the above it sinks attempts to curtail this development have proven difficult because almost half of the jakarta nz rely on groundwater for their day to be needs. it's been a while since anyone prayed in this mosque in north cut the c.e.o.'s nonsense claim to it. it makes. it every time he s