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Floating house in Japan attracts media attention, promising to be a solution to floods. The “property” can float up to 5 meters and is completely waterproof.
A Ichijo Komuten, a real estate company, was recently highlighted in the media when it presented a floating house in Japan. According to the company, the flood-resistant “property” is not only capable of remaining waterproof during floods, but also floating.
Floating house in Japan could be the solution to floods
A loss of housing due to floods It is an undeniable problem worldwide and, although engineers and architects have tried to find solutions, few of them have proven to be truly effective.
However, a renowned property developer from Japan claims to have found a solution focused on preventing people's homes in the country from being flooded and swept away by floods.
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His flood-resistant floating house was recently featured on a popular Japanese TV show and has since received a lot of attention online. The cTBS TV anal recently visited one of the company's Ichijo test sites, where the company's new flood-resistant home was being subjected to a simulated flood.
Despite looking like an ordinary property, when the water began to rise around it, the houseboat in Japan began to lift off the ground, and eventually float a few inches above it. Other solutions always get swept away by severe floods, however, Ichijo's newest invention features a locking system that prevents this.
The houseboat is connected to a series of iron bars sticking out of the ground with thick cables, ensuring the house stays in place while flood water passes under and around it. As the waters recede, the houseboat returns to its original position.
New system from Japan costs just US$5.700
A Japan's floating house also has special openings that close in case of flooding, and the plumbing also has special valves that prevent water from entering the interior of the house. Electrical equipment such as air conditioning is positioned in the upper half of the property to ensure that water does not reach them.
According to engineers from Ichijo Komuten, most houses flood when the water reaches the window level, however as your floating house can be up to 5 meters above the ground, it is unlikely that the water will reach the windows and everything else is sealed.
Japanese media reports that customers who want to build a new home with Ichijo Komuten can opt to have this system built-in at an additional cost of just 770 yen, the equivalent of US$5.700, which seems very affordable if it actually works. as advertised.
Ichijo Komuten is one of Japan's largest housing companies and in the last two years has set three Guinness records, including being the largest pre-produced housing materials factory and also being the most successful custom home company.
Underground Temple to avoid floods
The engineering used in the construction of the Shutoken Gaikaku Hosuiro project, an underground culvert covering an area of 6,3 km in Kasukabe, Saitama, located on the outskirts of Tokyo, is impressive. The construction of this ingenious complex took 17 years, from 1992 to 2009, costing more than US$3 billion.
It is seen as the largest underground rainwater diversion channel in the world, built to prevent rivers in the Saitama and Tokyo regions from overflowing, caused by storms and typhoons. The capacity is 670 thousand tons and pumping is only activated after ten hours of very heavy rain.
