The Fàng Sōng houseboat.Johanna Link/Crossboundaries
- The Fàng Sōng houseboat is a solar-powered motorboat with tiny home features.
- It has a pop-up kitchen table and a bike storage compartment under the living room floor.
Is it a boat? Is it a tiny home? Well ... it's a bit of both.
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The Fàng Sōng houseboat is a solar-powered motorboat with tiny home features — a "slow-motion traveling nest," per Crossboundaries, its designer.
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The boat, a bespoke project, is 15 m long and 4 m wide.
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The Fàng Sōng is capable of traveling on rivers, lakes, and inland waterways — just not the open ocean.
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"Fàng Sōng" means "relax" in Chinese.
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Its kitchen features a pop-up dining table. There's also a foldable desk hidden in a cabinet to provide a temporary workspace.
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There are multiple entrances on each side of the boat for easy accessibility. The bow side provides access to the main kitchen area.
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There's a sizeable shower unit in the bathroom.
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There's a nifty bike storage compartment under the living room floor.
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The average range of the Fàng Sōng is 50 km (31 miles) per day on sunny days, Crossboundaries says. Which means it's not suitable for long, non-stop journeys.
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A pellet stove, remotely controlled by an app, helps heat the boat.
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Crossboundaries said the boat's owner plans to add a water purification system and a biological sewage treatment unit to allow for longer journeys.
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