New Technologies of Construction on Serbian Waters

Abstract

As the general concept of living on water in Serbia has not moved far from raft-type floating structures, the idea about urban development and activation of river courses, changing spatial-physical, economic, technological and modern sociological needs of living has to be changed and incorporated in the tendencies of modern architectural designing. Floating buildings, as architectural structures, are based on the principle of floatability, with flexible installations i.e. the system cannot sink as it can move with the fluctuation of water levels. Development and use of floating structures in large European cities as a new tendency in architecture could be the basis for defining the principle and technologies for construction of floating buildings in architectural designing and mapping of attractive locations for the referent model in Serbia. This research deals with the possibilities of developing the practice of designing floating structures in Serbia in terms of construction technology and energy performances. The objective of this paper is to explain the principles and technologies in construction of floating buildings as the key parameters in architectural designing of such structures on water areas in Serbia. This paper offers a concept of floating buildings on river courses and other water areas that could be applied in Serbia and which would be based on systematisation of data about already constructed floating buildings in Europe.