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ARCHITECTS RICHARD COUTTS AND KOEN OLTHUIS CREATE A SOLUTION FOR CITY EXPANSION – FLOATING NEIGHBOURHOODS
Two of the world ’ s leading experts on water placemaking and floating architecture have collaborated on a masterplan for Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston which will deliver a new residential neighbourhood on the water as well as a waterside public amenity . The pair , Koen Olthuis , Principal of Waterstudio in the Netherlands , and Richard Coutts , Principal of London-based Baca Architects , were invited onto the design team by Boston ’ s 6M Development who are seeking to implement the first floating housing community off the East Coast of America . The intention is that the development will provide a template for climate adaptive and resilient affordable homes across the Hudson Harbour and along the entire U . S . coastline- and indeed to any other coastal city where land costs are high .
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