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Sustainable FLOAT House in New Orleans by Morphosis

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Morphosis has completed the first floating house permitted in the United States for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans designed and built by Morphosis and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design graduate students.The FLOAT House is a new model for flood-safe, affordable and sustainable housing that is designed to float securely with rising water levels.

02 Float House Exterior Lighting

03 Float House Exterior Roof Insulation

The FLOAT House is a new kind of house: a house that can sustain its own water and power needs; a house that can survive the floodwaters generated by a storm the size of Hurricane Katrina; and perhaps most importantly, a house that can be manufactured cheaply enough to function as low-income housing.

05 Float House Minimalist Interior Color Schemes

06 Float House Minimalist Interior Paint Colors

07 Float House Sustainable Solar Cells Energy Source

On track for a LEED Platinum Rating, the FLOAT House is an innovative model for affordable, net-zero annual energy consumption housing. High-performance systems sustain the home’s power, air, and water needs, and minimize resource consumption

08 Float House Exterior House Designs

09 Float House Exterior House Colors

10 Float House Exterior House Paint

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