TY - GEN A1 - Busse, Ralph-Peter A1 - Fischer, Gert A1 - Gebauer, Gert A1 - Höfler, Frank A1 - Junker, Sabine A1 - Kramer, Thomas A1 - Opperskalski, Stephan A1 - Potthoff, Ulrich A1 - Remus, Ricardo A1 - Schlamkow, Christian A1 - Schmidt, Wolfgang A1 - Scobel, Ekkehard A1 - Stopp, Horst A1 - Strangfeld, Peter A1 - Trang, Ngyen Thi Thu A1 - Völker, Eduard A1 - Vukorep, Ilija A1 - Weidhase, Frieder A1 - Winzer, Reinhard ED - Stopp, Horst ED - Strangfeld, Peter T1 - Floating Architecture - Construction on and near water T1 - Schwimmende Architektur – Bauen am und auf dem Wasser N2 - The publishers are receiving more and more inquiries about the topic “Floating Architecture”, particularly about technical details, water chemistry, as well as ice and wave problems. Since there is a lack of technical literature on this topic, most students working on projects or theses related to this topic send their inquiries. A time of general and quick changes results in a large number of daily publications. Therefore it is difficult to understand why there is a lack of lit-erature about floating structures. One has to consider that sea levels will continue to rise and consequently a larger number of people will have to live on the surface of the sea. Obviously, some expert knowledge is required which needs a longer period of time to be gained through scientific advancements and experience. The publishers, who have been dealing with the topic of floating houses for some years, are grateful to the authors for their agreement to allow the publication of their papers on floating architecture. These papers were mainly prepared for two conferences on floating architecture held in the study centre of the IBA building, Großräschen. Therefore, the reader should know that, along with the usual papers, only a selection of self-explaining transparencies is shown in order to meet the printing requirements. The included list of both the authors and their addresses makes it easy for interested people to send any inquiries to them. A short introduction as well as an outlook at the end of each paper is meant to draw attention to current events in order to be able to promptly identify opportunities and risks connected with living on the water. KW - Floating architecture KW - Floating buildings Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-643-90910-7 PB - LIT-Verlag CY - Berlin ER -