Authors: Sharyu Chinchole
Abstract: As climate change continues to reshape coastlines and alter ecosystems, architecture stands at a crossroads—between crisis and creativity. This research explores the architectural response to rising sea levels through the lens of adaptive overwater villas. Traditionally associated with luxury, overwater villas are reimagined here as resilient, climate-responsive habitats that float, adapt, investigates and endure. The study floating systems, modular strategies, sustainable design tools, and precedents from across the globe, aiming to develop a contextual, feasible solution for future-ready living. The final proposition blends engineering and environmentalism into a design that is not only functional but poetic—an architecture that floats with the planet, not against it.
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