Take a look at this floating tiny home that can travel up to 31 miles a day on solar power

Take a look at this floating tiny home that can travel up to 31 miles a day on solar power

Marianne stands on the 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. Take a look inside.

Is it a boat? Is it a tiny home? Well ... it's a bit of both.

Crossboundaries made a custom houseboat for Marianne.

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The boat, a bespoke project, is 15 m long and 4 m wide.

At about 15m in length and spanning just over 4m in width, the boat includes several lounge and resting areas.

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Johanna Link/Crossboundaries

The Fàng Sōng is capable of traveling on rivers, lakes, and inland waterways — just not the open ocean.

According to Dwell, the home was designed after its owner, Marianne, decided she wanted to have the option of travelling across Germany and the rest of Europe.

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"Fàng Sōng" means "relax" in Chinese.

The design was meant to be a combination of East and West inspriations, to reflect Marianne’s time living in Beijing and Berlin. It’s apt that Crossboundaries, which is also based in Germany and China, would design it.

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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.

There are entrances on each side of the boat for easier accessibility, while the bow side provides access to the main kitchen area.

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There's a sizeable shower unit in the bathroom.

There's also a sizeable shower room in the cabin.

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Johanna Link/Crossboundaries

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.

On sunny days, the houseboat is fully self-reliant on its solar panels, Crossboundaries says, but its average range of 50km (31 miles) per day means it’s not equipped for long travel.

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A pellet stove, remotely controlled by an app, helps heat the boat.

A pellet stove, remotely controlled by an app, was installed to heat the home too.

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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.

In the future, Crossboundaries says Marianne plans to add a water purification system and a biological sewage treatment unit to upgrade the boat when taking off for long journeys.

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Johanna Link/Crossboundaries

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