Just to show you that its been done and works. I've had a few plans and concepts for stilt houses that were geared towards less desirable, and more affordable, land (swamps, marshes, flood zones), and here's an interesting, MUCH LARGER take, on the idea. Kinda creepy though, these hulking, abandoned wrecks...
Literally, these are forts (military ones) on piers/legs.
WHAT THE HECK ARE THESE!?
The Thames Estuary Army Forts
were constructed in 1942 to a design by Guy Maunsell, following the
successful construction and deployment of the Naval Sea Forts. Their
purpose was to provide anti-aircraft fire within the Thames Estuary
area. Each fort consisted of a group of seven towers with a walkway
connecting them all to the central control tower. The fort, when viewed
as a whole, comprised one Bofors tower, a control tower, four gun towers
and a searchlight tower. They were arranged in a very specific way,
with the control tower at the centre, the Bofors and gun towers arranged
in a semi-circular fashion around it and the searchlight tower
positioned further away, but still linked directly to the control tower
via a walkway. From Cynical-C.com-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen is the author of the Tiny Homes, Cabins, Shacks, and Forts Book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks", which you can check out HERE....
