The IABR (International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam) of 2005 is built around the theme ‘flood’. The second architecture biennale evolvesaround the relationship between water and urban design in the Netherlands and beyond. The S-house, a design for a flood-proof dwelling by Anne Loes Nillesen, Peter Miller and Canan Saridal, was exhibited in the NAI (Dutch Institute of Architecture) as part of the IABR2005.