My vision of a houseboat, as we
often see them here in the Netherlands, was one of narrow and introvert,
but cosy space. I kept that idea, putting two small appartments on one
floating concrete bowl, instead of one. But this was only one version of
the design. Next to the idea of narrow dwelling, I imagined that a lot
of people could link the charme of living on water with certain luxury
and spaciousnes, and that they would want to combine those. That was the
reason of adding a second version to the design. Surprisingly, this new
version looks just like the duplex one and will float even between or nearby
the duplex houseboats. The only difference is a slight vertical line in
the facade of the duplex houseboat. On that spot the facade partially reveals
the downspout of the houseboat (see the little mark 5 on the drawing).
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