This was one of those where I had to check the date when I read about it, and no, it wasn’t April 1st A  Dutch architectural firm has created a modular house that can physically separate when a couple does.

Studio OBA‘s design is called the prenuptial house. The components are made from wood and carbon fibre, prefabricated independently of each other and slotted together in a Tetris-like formation to form one unit.  In keeping with its Amsterdam origins, the house will also float to cater for those divorcees that want to try canal living.

I’m not sure what kind of couple get married and then buy a house which prepares them for their divorce, but it’s an interesting idea. Two other thoughts spring from it:

1. Might there be other uses for a ‘seperateable’ house…to enable friends to buy a house together and then separate when they are more financially stable,  for example?

2. Divorce is on the increase. What other products or services might help to smooth the path?

Website: www.studio-oba.nl