With the cost of living in large cities steadily rising and the recession continuing to bite, there is an increasing need to search for viable alternatives. Bernhard Urich along with Flo Florian and Sascha Akkermann of German design firm Confused-Direction looked to one such alternative in their quest for urban affordability, a thoroughly modern floating home that also allows the flexibility of relocation on a whim. Sporting a ‘green’ roof planted with vegetation, producing zero emissions and utilising reclaimed wood where possible, the Silberfisch houseboat doesn’t need to occupy a valuable plot of city land so is an exciting opportunity to live in the city at a fraction of the cost of building a house of this size on land, of course water is necessary and unfortunately not all cities are blessed with canals or rivers, but who can resist the romance of city life on the open waves.
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