Suitability of Sustainable 3D-Printing in the Field of Yacht Design: Houseboats for Students Communities and Tourism

Issue relating the vertiginous growth of population, the effects caused by climate change fall-out, as ground consuption represents an important opportunity for the design research community. The adoption of sustainable strategies to solve the pro- blem of high densification of the existing urban fabric with new public functions, housing or tourist accommodation, can introduce new experimentations, by the ado- ptionofunused“ground”, throughtheapplicationofsolutionswithlowenvironmental impact and controlled consumption of energy and resources, as different contexts such as water. Living on water qualifies as a long-established reality in the contem- porary contexts and many cultures, a global widespread heritage. At the same time, mobility on waterways is a formidable cultural and economic challenge: a developing model based on the alliance between exploring the experimentation of the nautical product and an environmental reflection conducted in terms of enhancing marine, river and lake environments.