{"id":705,"date":"2024-06-03T17:53:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/museum\/gallery\/the-mystery-of-the-pile-dwellers\/pile-dwellings-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T09:57:03","slug":"pile-dwellings-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/museum\/gallery\/the-mystery-of-the-pile-dwellers\/pile-dwellings-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Pile dwellings around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-6boj-e7e491a57eb73510067424419e667beb main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-705'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-xke3-96c4b674a30a3471a9bbcaf7b1f7955b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lw9ee3ch-9ae50de36d3d267d3f68aa9402dad610\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-9ae50de36d3d267d3f68aa9402dad610{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-9ae50de36d3d267d3f68aa9402dad610 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-9ae50de36d3d267d3f68aa9402dad610 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lw9ee3ch-9ae50de36d3d267d3f68aa9402dad610 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pile dwellings around the world<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lw6p7skz-da037d8ac2f5c243e2f9b90a776444f2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Even today, there are pile dwellings in every country on earth. Wherever houses are threatened by floods or earthquakes, you will find pile structures made of wood, concrete or steel. Some pile dwellings function as luxury apartments or slum settlements. They are a solution for extreme habitats such as the Antarctic or the rain forest of New Guinea. Furthermore, they are being built in the sea and in urban centers. Perhaps in times of climate change and a growing world population, pile dwellings may be a viable architectural solution.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any nice pictures of modern pile dwellings?<\/p>\n<p>If so, please send them to <a href=\"mailto:mail@pfahlbauten.de\">mail@pfahlbauten.de<\/a>using the subject line &gt;&gt;pile dwellings around the world&lt;&lt;.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the best picture is awarded!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p1\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lwuv02rl-a3b02ceb17dd7ee19660c5d7f61aabb5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 1<\/h6>\n<p><strong>SULAWESI | Mobile pile construction<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Indonesia and the Philippines it is customary to move pile dwellings if necessary. This tradition is called &#8220;Bayanihan&#8221; in the Philippines. If a house needs to be relocated within a community&#8217;s habitat for agricutlural reasons, the entire collective helps carrying the building.<br \/>\nPhoto: W. Imber<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p2\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97cz08-38843513fd1e3d613d5e45cbfe67a063 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 2<\/h6>\n<p><strong>MALAYSIA | In the water<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Bajau people of Southeast Asia have always been connected to the sea. They live as &#8220;sea nomads&#8221;, whose fields of work are fishing and trading. They build their always shifting homes on stilts in the ocean.<br \/>\nPhoto: cn0ra|Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p3\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97devm-d719713133d0475baa6cb92ab98167fe '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 3<\/h6>\n<p><strong>NEW GUINEA | In the jungle<\/strong><br \/>\nUntil recently, the majority of the indigenous people on the island of New Guinea lived a Stone Age-like life largely untouched by modernity. Military conflicts and head hunts were a reason to settle in a protected location high above the ground.<br \/>\nPhoto: A. Gudkov| shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p4\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97dyhr-db6d0f4954451a947d21530b751347b4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 4<\/h6>\n<p><strong>THAILAND | In the rice field<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Thailand, the pile dwellings are located in close proximity to the cultivated areas. They often serve as storage and thus protect the harvested crop from moisture, animals and pests.<br \/>\nPhoto: RooM the Agency | saravutvanset |alamy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p5\"  class='av_textblock_section av-b1ipy-cedc15d5b310eef81f01e8a8bc668518 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 5<\/h6>\n<p><strong>BENIN | On the waterway<\/strong><br \/>\nThe pile dwelling settlement of Ganvi\u00e9 is located in an extensive lagoon in Lake Nokou\u00e9 (Benin). The residents originally came from the hinterland of the lake. The newcomers were assigned the unattractive floodplain between the arable land and the sea. To this day, the basis of life is fishing and trading on water markets. The location also used to offer a certain level of protection from slave hunters. Today around 25,000 people live in the largest pile dwelling village of Africa.<br \/>\nPhoto: C. Hopkins | alamy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p6\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97pqjz-79ad3077c94c2ce2720cda26c5de11c6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 6<\/h6>\n<p><strong>BRASILIEN | In the slum<\/strong><br \/>\nPoverty forces some people of densely populated cities into slums. Peripheral areas along bodies of water outside the urban infrastructure are used out of necessity. Entire pile dwelling settlements are created from collected and recycled building materials &#8211; without electricity or water connections.<br \/>\nPhoto: J. Wiedel Photolibrary | alamy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p7\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97q54w-425a1fa89a5d82e6b2a7cdb669ec9890 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 7<\/h6>\n<p><strong>USA | Defying the floods<\/strong><br \/>\nTropical storms and flooding have caused several residents of New Orleans to raise their homes above the danger zone.<br \/>\nPhoto: E. Cowand Jr. | shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p8\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97qkw7-d462d057844facc4d1eb020c6ebeb922 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 8<\/h6>\n<p><strong>USA | From the 3D printer<\/strong><br \/>\nFor thousands of years, pile dwellings were built from naturally grown materials such as wood, bamboo or coconut palms. Today they are also made from concrete using 3D printers.<br \/>\nPhoto: Hannah Design Office<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p9\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97qzge-ce4cf8bbf0e36e40659dc28536971f0c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 9<\/h6>\n<p><strong>AUSTRALIA | Better prospects<\/strong><br \/>\nThe view from the shore is far-reaching. The curvature of the earth alone limits visibility. But every meter in height is a gain: If the horizon is five and a half kilometers away at two meters altitude, it is already 9.6 kilometers away at six meters. It&#8217;s good to built on stilts!<br \/>\nPhoto: A. Cimbal | shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p10\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97rcri-0cc07aee5d27b4a3320ff5a886a36903 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 10<\/h6>\n<p><strong>JAPAN | Modern and earthquake-proof<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the densely populated and earthquake-prone island of Japan, a new architecture with flexible support piles is being tested. The open space under the house can be used as a playground or garden.<br \/>\nPhoto: T. Yano<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"p11\"  class='av_textblock_section av-lx97rr7f-98fec8959134bb2ac96a8a6235e6057c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Picture 11<\/h6>\n<p><strong>ANTARCTIC | In the eternal ice<\/strong><br \/>\nHydraulic steel stilts on skis enable safe research and work under extreme conditions. Meter-high snowdrifts and moving ice sheets cannot harm the German research station Neumayer III. The building can be adapted horizontally and vertically to changing environmental conditions.<br \/>\nPhoto: Alfred Wegener Institute<br \/>\nHelmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-705'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lxydjqz1-8c9d6e27eda2474fe9bb48c6a6782e33 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/vg08.met.vgwort.de\/na\/9390eb90dbd83f2a33d8f9eb4685f6\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":651,"menu_order":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}