Brad Pitt's 'floating house' will work here in the Philippines

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Hollywood celebrity Brad Pitt and his Make It Right (MIR) Foundation set about building environmentally-friendly and sustainable housing for affected families in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Southwestern coast of the United States in 2006.

Make it Right Foundation aims to build over 150 houses within 14 blocks using "green" design principles pitched by architectural firms all over the world.

This is supposed to fulfill the promise Pitt made residents in the area: that he would help them build a stronger and safer neighborhood.

For the rest of the story, please read from ABS-CBN News here: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/abs/20091019/tph-brad-pitt-s-floating-house-can-work-85c5a6c.html.

Meanwhile, we can only hope that typhoon Ramil won't cause much devastation to our country unlike typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

Comments

  1. dodong flores 도동 플로오리스October 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    I'm interested to build this kind of house too!

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  2. dodong floresOctober 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    Hmmmnn... I wonder how much will it cost here in the Philippines. Maybe much expensive pa kay ang mga materials pangitaon pa :(

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  3. JagOctober 22, 2009 at 2:01 AM

    It`ll certainly　work in our country somehow hehehe...hope Ramil will not be as devastating as Ondoy. Visited u straight from Japan...

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  4. MaraiOctober 22, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    Dear sir, haha! Thank you very much for helping me earn 3points sa contest na sinalihan ko. I was wondering, if you were a filipino or an american? Hm.

    On your post, floating house? I can't even imagine myself living in a floating house. But i wanna try and perhaps to have this kind of house too. (In my dreams. Amen!)

    The typhoon Ramil. I am curios why it is named Ramil? How about the letter Q? i thought typhoons were named alphabetically. Ondoy, Pepeng. QQQQQ? Ramil? Ngee.

    That's all. Once again, thank you very much for helping me earn 3points!! :))

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  5. Philippine's FinestOctober 22, 2009 at 5:57 PM

    dodong flores: I think that will be too expensive unless there will be mass production of the materials and prefabricated parts will be made available.

    Jag: According to the news, typhoon Ramil is slowing down. Sana tuloy-tuloy na at mawala.
    Salamat sa pag-visit dito sa humble abode ko.

    Marai: After typhoon Pepeng, meron din typhoon Qidan, and that's followed by typhoon Ramil.
    You're welcome pala.

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  6. JagOctober 22, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    Hi Buddy! Just added you in my links...Nice to see good friends here in blogsphere...add me up too thanks!

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  7. MaraiOctober 23, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    Hahaha! Sure po. :) You're listed on my link list already.

    Haha. So may Qidan pala. Buti nalang hindi ko siya nafeel na dumaan. Haha! :))

    Accountancy rin po pala kayo. Great! You are now officially my online tutor. Hahaha. Kidding.

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  8. Renz TaburadaOctober 23, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    Jag: You're added na in my link :)

    Marai: Kwela ka pala :D

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  9. Meryl (proud pinay)October 27, 2009 at 4:59 AM

    wow storm-resistant MIR homes...ang galing naman yan.
    kumusta na pala ang bagyong ramil?
    hope ay magsialisan na ang mga bagyo dyan sa atin..

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  10. Meryl (proud pinay)October 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    Hi dropping by here again. Thank you for the visit renz ^_^

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  11. Renz TaburadaOctober 28, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Wala na ang bagyong Ramil. It already leave the country.

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  12. JagOctober 28, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    Napadaan lang bro!...

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  13. AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 8:18 PM

    Puwede and floating houses sa Pinas. Dapat maayos-na maayos and disposal ng waste water sa Pilipinas lalong lalo na sa mga cities na katulad ng Metro Manila. Puwedeng ipakita sa television ang ginagawa ng mga Dutch tungkol sa water management. Calling ABS-CBN, GMA, etc.

    Please gawin na ang relocation ng mga squatters, planting of trees in our mountains, creating flood zones (catch basins), armoring our dams/dikes, green parks, etc.

    God bless the Philippines

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