The house revealed by the Brad Pitt Make It Right NOLA foundation, Pitt’s green building group, can float you to saftey in the event of a flood disaster. Talk about sustainable design.
The Brad Pitt Make It Right NOLA home is designed by Morphosis Architects, founded by Thom Mayne and offers a ready-to-move concept based on families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Essentially, the house is anchored to the ground by two guideposts. In the event of flooding, the house can break away from things like electrical lines and plumbing to move up the guideposts as much as 12 feet!
What's Driving This Trend
- Floating Homes
- The trend of emergency floating abodes presents an opportunity for innovative design and sustainable housing solutions.
- Resilient Architecture
- The concept of gravity-defying houses offers the potential for disruptive innovation in disaster-prone areas, creating homes that can withstand flooding and provide safety for residents.
- Green Building
- The Brad Pitt Make It Right NOLA project showcases the intersection of sustainable design and emergency preparedness, inspiring the development of environmentally friendly solutions for housing in vulnerable regions.
Who This Affects Most
- Architecture
- The architecture industry can leverage the trend of emergency floating abodes to create resilient and sustainable housing solutions that can withstand natural disasters.
- Construction
- The construction industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities in designing and building gravity-defying houses that provide safety and stability in flood-prone areas.
- Environmental Engineering
- The field of environmental engineering can contribute to the development of green building practices and technologies that support the creation of flood-resistant housing, minimizing environmental impact.
