The nautilus houseboats are modeled on their namesake, the spiraled-shell mollusc, to fit seamlessly with the natural world. Nautilus Hauseboot owner/founder Andreas Hoffmann designed the craft when he couldn't find the right houseboat for his family. As a trained carpenter and architect and sailor/windsurfer, he wanted to combine his passion for water and his professional skills.
The midcentury-modern-inspired floating home comes in two sizes- the mini (16m²) and the maxi (21.5m²)- and is prefabbed with a front of solid glass walls so nature is always in view. Even the 16m² (172 square foot) space can sleep 6 (a pop-up roof bedroom, plus one downstairs, as well as a double sofabed). Measuring approximately 13.3 meters long (43.6 feet) it features a convertible roof system that expands into the second bedroom, foldable gangways, and a foldable cabin for passage through narrow locks and low bridges.
Hoffman's newest floating home the EiHome (“Ei” is German for egg) is an egg-shaped floating home with windows covering one side of the structure.
https://www.nautilus-hausboote.de/en
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Is it really pi? I thought it was phi? I think it might have just been lost in translation. Good video tho!
It’s definitely phi not pi (I’ve just been teaching trig to my daughter during covid-19 lockdown — earlier this week she was required to derive the value of phi using pythagorus rather than the standard way via the quadratic equation). Great video Kirsten, as always, and much needed at this time…
I use sacred geometry in my art and architecture, and have for years. Pi and Phi are two different Greek letters, representing related but differing mathematical concepts. I’ve known the Pi proportion as the correct 3.14+ most of my 71 years.
It’s pi. 3,14159…
and the Fibonacci sequence
It’s all Greek to me.
Sees a shell, wants- no needs to live in one. Maybe a hermit crab pinched his mommy’s toe when she was carrying him. 🙂 Very nice project! Enjoy it.
My grandparents (german-American) lived on a house boat- it brings back great memories- we had so much fun – I miss them very much!
Now i want one
Fugly is what I call it
YOU GO EVERYWHERE?
This guy said the boat could be for people with disabilities… Okay…
I was happily watching till he mentioned the Phi.
A radiused edge does not a nautilus make. I understand the inspiration, but if I weren’t being prompted to consider it, I wouldn’t think, ‘ah, nautilus,’ at first sight of this houseboat. It’s a nice design, but I’d like to see even more design innovation here that draws from the nautilus form.
lovely
nice gimmick
the boat will be moving back & forth all day even if your boat stay in 1 spot?
to many windows people see u inside?
what if u get sea sick from the boat?
look like a small cruise ..
Diese Hausboote sind sehr shon – tut mir lied kein umlaut an USA computer! Schuss bis bald!
Honestly I’d prefer a square shape to maximise the internal and external space, the curved area seems like a saste of both the internal volume and the surface area of the upper deck.
Sucj ideas and designs, trying to apply and imitate everything here..hehe. thanks!
i like that Nautilus boat; but, to make it, the design, as a home on lands.
Galileo ir Da Vinci??
This man has no original design talent.
this comment has even less
very excellent