A floating house has been designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA which is made to break apart, allowing unhappily married couples to be able to split their home in half and stop residing together.

The house has been titled ‘Prenuptial Housing’, an idea thought up by Omar Kbiri, a self-proclaimed PR and pop culture expert. Inspired by the massive rise in divorce rates, Kbiri approached Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to share his idea of a house which physically splits in half, making what is already a difficult time such as a break up that little less complicated.

The design of the house comprises of two independent structures that slot together like Jenga pieces to form a perfectly sized home for a couple. Using a simple connecting mechanism the house is made to detach and become two well sized separate floating houses and in retrospect float apart when the relationship itself drifts apart.

The building itself is designed to be constructed from lightweight carbon fibre and timber components that help the structure float. The idea to develop a floating structure arose very early on in the design process, as the team looked at Amsterdam with its many canals and its famously strong tradition of hosting floating architecture. The team is presuming this concept will be popular among couples of all ages in Belgium, Hungary and Portugal, particularly because they have some of the highest divorce rates in the world.

Currently the team are planning a prototype which will be tested on its user-friendliness and performance of the design, whilst Kbiri is discussing with investors with plans to have orders taken for the Prenuptial Housing in early 2017.