{"id":539706,"date":"2010-04-22T01:21:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T05:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/the-last-resort-solar-powered-floating-homes-for-urban-nomads\/"},"modified":"2010-04-22T01:21:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T05:21:21","slug":"the-last-resort-%e2%80%93-solar-powered-floating-homes-for-urban-nomads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/539706","title":{"rendered":"The Last Resort \u2013 Solar-powered floating homes for urban nomads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/22\/the-last-restort_1_aSF8G_69.jpg\" alt=\"the last restort_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Sustainable floating homes powered by solar energy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafaa.ch\/\">RAFAA Architecture &#038; Design<\/a> have recently won a competition organized by Internationale Bauausstellung in Germany with a futuristic floating home dubbed \u201cThe Last Resort\u201d. The win and adequate funding will make sure that the team beings fabrication on these sleek floating homes by the end of this year. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/22\/the-last-restort_2_B7AuW_69.jpg\" alt=\"the last restort_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Last Resort is about 5 meters wide and 15 meters long with two levels. The sleeping units and other mechanical equipment needed to propel this home on the waves are placed on the lower level, while the upper level provides space for living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/22\/the-last-restort_3_YsjMR_69.jpg\" alt=\"the last restort_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The facades feature vertical blinds that not only shade the interiors from direct sunlight but also offer adequate privacy for the occupants. Stairs lead to the roof, which apart from serving as an extra deck, is equipped with solar panels that generate electricity for two electric engines that propel the home. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/22\/the-last-restort_4_cGJS2_69.jpg\" alt=\"the last restort_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/22\/the-last-restort_5_KOngh_69.jpg\" alt=\"the last restort_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/2010\/04\/21\/the-last-resort-a-solar-powered-floating-home\/\">Inhabitat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Sustainable floating homes powered by solar energy. RAFAA Architecture &#038; Design have recently won a competition organized by Internationale Bauausstellung in Germany with a futuristic floating home dubbed \u201cThe Last Resort\u201d. The win and adequate funding will make sure that the team beings fabrication on these sleek floating homes by the end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}