{"id":106674,"date":"2019-04-29T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T05:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-we-ready-for-floating-homes\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T13:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T06:03:18","slug":"are-we-ready-for-floating-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-we-ready-for-floating-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Ready For Floating Homes?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith Singapore\u2019s calm, sheltered waters, the city-state is considered an ideal place for such solutions which are already used in other countries.
\nWith floating homes, parks and storage facilities mooted as the answer to the city-state\u2019s land woes, experts estimate that large scale floating structures could be a reality here in less than a decade, reported Channel News Asia.
\n\u201cWe have been building higher and higher for the last 20 (to) 30 years. For going deeper, there is a limit to how far can you can go,\u201d said Mr Lim Soon Heng, President of the Society of Floating Solutions (Singapore).
\n\u201cWith floating structures, you have such an enormous amount of space in the horizontal direction.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, land reclamation is becoming less viable and costly for Singapore.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not like before when the waters were less than 10 metres deep. Now we\u2019re talking about 25 or 30 metres, so the costs for reclaiming the land with sand is going to be enormous,\u201d said Lim.
\nAccording to him, building a float to support a bungalow would cost only US$100 per sq m, compared to the US$1000 to US$1500 per sq m cost for a skyscraper.
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\nWith Singapore\u2019s calm, sheltered waters, the city-state is considered an ideal place for such solutions which are already used in other countries.
\nThe longest floating bridge could be found in Washing State in the US, while Japan is home to several floating airports. South Korea\u2019s Han River, on the other hand, has a cultural complex that features three floating islands.
\nFor Singapore, a group from the National University of Singapore\u2019s (NUS) architecture department envisions megacities on decommissioned oil rigs.
\nThey believe that the engineering marvels may be \u201cappropriated\u201d to become theme parks, schools, hospitals and even prisons.
\nBut while the city-state is a step closer to a floating future, observers noted a powerful barrier \u2013 societal acceptance.
\n\u201cThe most important thing is whether or not people have a mental acceptance of living in the sea. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a 100 percent solution that will work for everybody,\u201d said Assoc Professor Joseph Lim, who worked on the project with his masters\u2019 students.
\nProfessor Wang Chien Ming from The University of Queensland\u2019s School of Civil Engineering, however, is more optimistic.
\n\u201cIf we can show people what it\u2019s like, they will not be fearful. If you create (a floating attraction), they\u2019ll go there for sure.\u201d
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\nFiona Ho, Digital Content Manager at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact her about this or other stories, email\u00a0fiona@propertyguru.com.sg
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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