The Citadel: Floating Dutch Apartment Complex Inhabitat

The Citadel: Floating Dutch Apartment Complex
Inhabitat

Though we've looked at house boats, yachts and floating homes in the past, The Citadel is an entire apartment complex that floats! Part of The Netherlands' initiative to embrace their watery surroundings, The Citadel is one part of the larger New Water development — reclaiming Dutch wetlands, polders and waterways.

The Citadel was designed by Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio and includes "60 luxury apartments, a car park, a floating road to access the complex as well as boat docks."

Just a part of the New Water development, The Citadel is also remarkably energy efficient — the water is pumped through pipes in the structure to regulate temperature.

See the full article and more pictures at Inhabitat | The Citadel: Europe’s First Floating Apartment Complex.

Via: ArchDaily and Inhabitat.

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I'd jump at the chance to live in a place like that - How cool!

posted by bepsf on August 6th 2009 at 8:46pm
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I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE THERE!

posted by leadingedge on August 6th 2009 at 9:14pm
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Montreal's Habitat meets global warming.

posted by t3d on August 6th 2009 at 9:15pm
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I think it would look nicer if it was under water.

posted by dazantz on August 7th 2009 at 1:11am
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Looks very impressive!

posted by Elise_B on August 7th 2009 at 8:14am
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Give me permission for a rooftop container garden, and tell me how to survive big waves, tidal changes, and hurricanes, and I'd totally live in a place like that.

posted by Rev. Bee T. on August 7th 2009 at 11:42am
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This is so pretty and sci-fi. How interesting.

posted by fatalefemme on August 8th 2009 at 2:20pm
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