This movie shows a larch-clad residence by floating architecture specialists Baca Architects is raised above its flood-prone site in Oxfordshire on tiny stilts and an elevated deck (+ slideshow).

Water Lane is the latest flood-resilient home from the London studio led by architects Richard Coutts and Robert Barker. The pair previously developed the UK's "first amphibious house" and a concept for prefabricated floating houses that they believe could be the answer to London's housing crisis.

The property is set beside a brook in the historic village, which is recorded in the 1086 survey known as the Doomsday Book, so the architects had the dual task of developing a design that would compliment the area's traditional houses, while safeguarding it against potential flooding.
The dwelling is made from four interlocking gabled volumes and elevated slightly above its site by a wooden deck and stilts. This arrangement is intended to allow water to flow below the property without causing damage, while during dry spells the house "appears to lightly float".
"The site has a brook running along its edge and during high rainfall the site may flood," said the architects. "The house is raised above the flood level allowing water to convey underneath when the area floods."

"The landscape is sculpted to accept encroaching water, adding water storage and acting as a gradual warning of the advancing floodwaters."

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