No Land in Sight
Creating a self sustainable environment on a house boat | Diploma Thesis 2010
Creating a self sustainable environment on a house boat | Diploma Thesis 2010
No Land in Sight began as an exploration in how a self-sustainable environment could be fitted in a seaworthy houseboat, providing to its two users (persons with flexible jobs that don’t need a fixed address to perform them) the possibility of exploring the world without boundaries or, if they wish, stay away from civilization for long periods of time (up to 3 months).
By delivering solutions that meet the users’ basic needs, the ties that hold them to shore could be diminished, making them less grid dependent.
The final result was a 50” hydrofoil, kite sailboat inspired by marine life (manta rays and hammerhead sharks) as well as stealth vehicles. Using renewable energies (solar and wind) to power its different systems, the houseboat is fitted with a hydroponic garden that provides enough vegetables for a healthy subsistence during a long period offshore when integrated with fishing and provisions brought from shore; a retractable vertical wind turbine provides mechanical power for the mechanical-vapour-compression desalination system that produces drinkable water for the garden’s nutrient solution and to the users needs, as well as h eat in the cold seasons, electric energy and aeration for speeding the biological waste breakdown managed by a compost reservoir, enabling up to 4 times more space than conventional waste reservoirs.
Systems like the hydrofoils and the kite sail usually are used for their performance properties but in this houseboat concept they were selected for being able to enhance comfort and stability of boats when sailing.
This self-sustainable houseboat gives you a glance in what could be a home of the future, a home you can bring with you, a home that gives you a new picture of the world everyday.
By delivering solutions that meet the users’ basic needs, the ties that hold them to shore could be diminished, making them less grid dependent.
The final result was a 50” hydrofoil, kite sailboat inspired by marine life (manta rays and hammerhead sharks) as well as stealth vehicles. Using renewable energies (solar and wind) to power its different systems, the houseboat is fitted with a hydroponic garden that provides enough vegetables for a healthy subsistence during a long period offshore when integrated with fishing and provisions brought from shore; a retractable vertical wind turbine provides mechanical power for the mechanical-vapour-compression desalination system that produces drinkable water for the garden’s nutrient solution and to the users needs, as well as h eat in the cold seasons, electric energy and aeration for speeding the biological waste breakdown managed by a compost reservoir, enabling up to 4 times more space than conventional waste reservoirs.
Systems like the hydrofoils and the kite sail usually are used for their performance properties but in this houseboat concept they were selected for being able to enhance comfort and stability of boats when sailing.
This self-sustainable houseboat gives you a glance in what could be a home of the future, a home you can bring with you, a home that gives you a new picture of the world everyday.
Mind mapping users necessities
Retractable wind-turbine made out of textile used to produce drinkable water and energy to power the different systems on the boat
The different hydroponic systems schematics researched
Scale Model
Preparing 3D printed model for primer
3D printed model with primer coats
1st styrofoam model Vs. 3D pinted model ready for painting
Diploma Thesis' posters at the Exhibition at AHO, Oslo, Norway
Scale model and Diploma Thesis during the Diploma Exhibition at AHO, Oslo, Norway
http://www.aho.no/en/Arena/Student-projects/Studenaho.no/en/Arena/Student-projects/No-Land-in-Sight/
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