Architecture studio Natura Futura Arquitectura and architect Juan Carlos Bamba have created a floating house along the Babahoyo River in Ecuador.
Situated within a centuries-old floating village at risk of disappearing, La Balsanera is designed as a model for the preservation and sustainable redevelopment of the river’s depleting community.
La Balsanera is a floating house along the Babahoyo River
Following the river’s current closure as a commercial fluvial route, the community saw the number of floating structures decrease from 200 to 25.
La Balsanera is hoped to help revive “the tradition of living on the river”, according to Natura Futura Arquitectura and Bamba.
It has a terrace with a colourful
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