a) Chronological documentation of architecture dealing with the phenomenon EVOLUTION OF ARCHITECTURE IN WATER The concept of architecture in water is not new. It has evolved overtime. The new techniques have made it abetter place for living. Humans always search for new frontiers of living and they search and develop those. Evolution has taken place from time to time and it is still evolving. The construction of forts amidst water and underwater tunnels in history conclude that these ideas have always invited a man to explore the idea of living with water.
The city of Venice, Italy- 421 AD
. The floating city of Venice, one of the most extraordinary cities in the world was built on 118 islands in the middle of the Venetian Lagoon by waterlogged mud. They dug hundreds of canals and shored up the banks with wood pilings. They also used similar wood pilings as foundations for their buildings.
The Lake Palace, Udaipur Built between 1743 and 1746 as a Summerhouse on an island surrounded by Lake Pichola. Later converted into a hotel as it was difficult to maintain by the royal family. The houseboats of Kashmir The history of houseboats in Srinagar is linked with British period when the king of Kashmir didn't allow British people to buy land or do any construction activity in the valley. Then small houseboats were constructed in the late 19th century. From those days these small houseboats were constructed.
