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    New Orleans 5 Escape Houses give in the interior a theatre like setting of rooms, combining intimacy with overview. By positioning the house as high as possible on top of a lift with a stair, the whole house is above potential waterlevel. It gives the houses a distinct white socle.

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    New Orleans 5 Escape Houses give in the interior a theatre like setting of rooms, combining intimacy with overview. By positioning the house as high as possible on top of a lift with a stair, the whole house is above potential waterlevel. It gives the houses a distinct white socle.

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    MVRDV Design Single

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    Charly Vergara
    New Orleans 5 Escape Houses give in the interior a theatre like setting of rooms, combining intimacy with overview. By positioning the house as high as possible on top of a lift with a stair, the whole house is above potential waterlevel. It gives the houses a distinct white socle.

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    New Orleans

    5 Escape Houses

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    1. THE TILTED HOUSE: It slopes from the street to the back, reaching its escape position. This gives in the interior a theatre like setting of rooms, combining intimacy with overview.

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    2. THE BENT HOUSE: By bending the house in two directions, both the bedrooms and the living room are above water level. It creates an internal valley of platforms with rooms.

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    3. THE HOUSE ON THE RAMP: By positioning the house on top of a wall with a handicap ramp on top, the whole house is above potential waterlevel. It gives a balancing impression.

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    4. THE HOUSE ON THE LIFT: By positioning the house as high as possible on top of a lift with a stair, the whole house is above potential waterlevel. It has a great view over the surroundings. It becomes one of the markstones of the operation.

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