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AFLOAT LIVING

Project

  • Afloat Living - Designing for the Future

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Job Type

  • Proposed new construction located in Osaka, Japan providing a residential housing solution regarding loss of landmass due to global warming

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Year

  • 2022

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Location

  • Osaka Bay, Osaka, Japan​

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Client Brief

  • Design a residence in the context of the year 2050

  • Create a sustainable design regarding residential environments and the effects of climate change

  • Produce a futuristic floating home design utilising state of the art technologies whilst maintaining homely and liveable

 

Software Used

  • SketchUp Pro

  • Enscape

  • AutoCAD

  • Adobe Photoshop 

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Afloat Living was produced by myself and a team of student designers at Billy Blue College of Design, collaborating to form a set of documentation drawings, as well as physical and digital 3D models to depict our design. 

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The Osaka Floating House is a direct response to the potential impact of climate change in the year 2050. It explores futuristic technologies that will become common place in residential homes by the mid-21st century, as well as a design solution towards rising sea levels and loss of land mass, caused by climate change. 

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Sustainability was key in designing a home for the future, and our team incorporated the use of materials such as mass engineered timber, a green roof, and electricity run purely off solar panels. This home was designed to create a viable living solution in all bodies of water, whilst ensuring it is not contributing to further damage to our environment, the sea, and our marine life. 

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This home features a rustic-minimalist design, where natural light seeps deep into the interior through floor to ceiling glass walls that overlook the glistening waters of Osaka Bay. A vibrant green roof full of rich vegetation surrounds the building, acting as a sail to assist in the manipulation of the homes movement, reducing the internal temperature of the home and lessening the "urban heat island" effect in highly populated cities. 

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Throughout the home, futuristic design solutions to assist living are utilised, from walls that can scan all vitals and for disease, air quality control monitors, molecular cleaning technologies in wardrobes, and even self-tinting windows that also act as solar panels, providing all power to the home. 

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There is an abundance of warmth, through the use of timber, which is a key motif in our design, from the oak timber floors, to the raw timber kitchen joinery and walls, glulam exterior framing, and timber batten feature walls throughout the bathroom. Afloat Living maintains a harmony between futuristic design and a homely residence. 

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CONCEPT
BOARD

By Zena Thomas

Fig 1. Floating House

Note: Design Boom (n.d.).

Fig 2. Luxury Floating House

Note: New Atlas (2016).

Fig 3. Salt & Water Design Floating Hotel

Note: Archdaily (2015).

Fig 4. Luxury Underwater Villa

Note: Custom Homes (2017).

Fig 5. Floating Homes Modern Design

Note: Decoratist (n.d.).

Fig 6. Building Exterior Design

Note: Intsagram (2021).

Fig 7. Self Sufficient Villa

Note: Inhabitat (2013).

Fig 8. Waternest Village

Note: Eco Flo Life (2022).

Fig 9. Floating Home by Dirkmarine

Note: Dirk Maine (2013).

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Fig 10. Simple Design for Everyday Living

Note: Cate St Hill (n.d.).

Fig 11. Wood

Note: Wilson Art (2022)

Fig 12. Sunstars

Note: Cattie Coyle Photography (2022)

Fig 13. Herbalism

Note: Pinterest (n.d.).

Fig 14. Handmaid Ceramic Pottery

Note: Ishka (n.d.).

Fig 15. The Oculus New York City

Note: All Encompassing Trip. (2017)

Fig 16. Greenery

Note: Cassidy Eats (2022)

Fig 17. Cotton

Note: Raw Pixel (n.d.).

MOOD
BOARD

By Chloe White

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Fig 18. Copper House II 

Note: Archdaily (2022.).

Fig 19. RLW House

Note: Archdaily. (2016)

Fig 20. Kyoto Moyashi House

Note: Dezeen. (2016)

Fig 21. Fritz House

Note: The Style Files (2018)

Fig 13. Office Lobby of Zhongxi Times Building

Note: Archello.  (2020)

Fig 14. Water Museum

Note: Archdaily. (2009)

Fig 15. Locura Byron Bay

Note: Wallpaper  (2018)

Fig 16. Locura Byron Bay

Note: Wallpaper  (2018)

Fig 22. Plantscaping

Note: Archdaily (2022.).

Fig 23. The Invisible Lodge

Note: The Local Project. (n.d.).

Fig 24. Seryasse

Note: Pure Interiors. (2020).

Fig 25. Casa De Madeira

Note: Casa Tre Chic (2020)

INSPIRATION
BOARD

By Hannah Cooper

Fig 20.  Seamless Concrete Texture 

Note: Architectures (2022)

Fig 21. White Plaster

Note: Textures.com (n.d.). 

Fig 22. Natural Stone Travertine

Note: Artedomus (n.d.). 

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Fig 26. Plaster White

Note: Textures.com (2022.).

Fig 27. Oak Parquet

Note: Sketchup Textures Club (2022.).

Fig 28. Wood Look Laminate

Note: Archi Expo (n.d.)

Fig 29. Cosmos Prima

Note: Archi Expo (n.d.)

Fig 30. Slab Marble Grey

Note: Sketchup Textures Club (2022.).

Fig 31. Wood Decking Texture

Note: Sketchup Textures Club (2022.).

Fig 32. Dark Fine Wood 

Note: Sketchup Textures Club (2022).

Fig 33. Whiteboard

Note: Amazon (n.d.)

MATERIALITY

Rustic Minimalism

By Hannah Cooper

PROTOTYPES

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Initial Prototype Sketch Concept
Physical Model Side View
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Physical Model Front View
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Physical Model Top View
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Physical Model Interior View
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FLOOR PLANS

By Angela Bersinic and Rebecca Bartlett
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Sea Level 
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First Floor

3D VISUALISATIONS

Exterior

By Hannah Cooper

Front View
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Side View
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Interior

By Rebecca Bartlett

Dining 
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Kitchen/Living 
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Bathroom
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Master Bedroom
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Master Bedroom/Study
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