The Challenges of Designing a Reusable, Floating Wooden Building

Everyone who has ever built anything—a model, a birdhouse, or small pieces of furniture—has a clear sense of the amount of things that can go wrong during the construction process. A screw that is impossible to tighten fully, a warped wooden board, an inattention or a miscalculation that can frustrate plans instantly. When we transport these small inconveniences to a building scale, with countless processes and many different people involved, we know how complex a work can become and how many things can get out of control, taking more and more time and requiring more and more resources to finish. And when we talk about a building that needs to float, be completely self-sufficient, and, after fulfilling its useful life, be completely reused—could you imagine the technical challenges of building something like this?

The Office / James & Mau

The available land is a green area on a large flat industrial plot surrounded by an industrial building, a parking lot for employees, a truck yard, and a small office building that gives access to the enclosure.

Bogor Mushola Community Center / CAUKIN Studio

The project aims to provide an inspiring space that opens up new opportunities for the Centre for Community Development and Social Entrepreneurship in Bogor. The building will be used for a range of activities, including community events and training days as well as a Mushola (prayer room). The space is aimed at encouraging people to visit, providing the charity a venue to hire out for other functions - subsequently generating an income. A toilet and shower unit service the site and replace the old dysfunctioning toilets in the existing building.

Vonzrr Café / Sherpa

Starting point. sometimes, too much of a concept seems to give people discomfort. Vonzrr focuses on the essence of the cafe. We focus on essential cafe spaces to drink, rest, talk, and work.

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