Yifei Jin
Life on Buoys

UCLA — M.Arch

Life on Buoys

A growing floating community for a rising sea.

Floating CommunityClimateModular HousingAdaptive Reuse
Year2022
LocationMiami, FL, USA
RoleDesigner
BriefFloating Housing
Area99,858 m²
ToolsRhino, Grasshopper, Enscape

Discarded storage tanks become buoyancy devices and old shipping containers become wall panels, while submerged structures provide both flotation and coral-reef habitat. Modular homes anchor to pre-installed seabed structures and link to one another and to community centers for stability.

With 14 wall-panel and 12 roof options, residents personalize their homes; as the community proliferates across a wider territory, its main street extends with it.

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