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OCEANIX Busan is a sustainable and adaptive prototype for coastal communities facing climate change and land shortages. The floating city will have three interconnected platforms for living, research and lodging, and will generate its own energy, food and water.
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Apr 26, 2022 · The floating city prototype is made of interconnected platforms that total 15.5 acres in surface area. Each floating, modular piece of the city is designed for a specific use, like living...
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The modern concept of a sustainable, climate-resistant floating city has origins in the seasteading movement, a vision headed by the Seasteading Institutethat seeks to create self-governing nation-states on water. Seasteaders’ hope is to create a human-made ecosystem of communities that are designed to grow, adapt, and transform over time. Some of ...
While there have been several different renderings of floating cities over the years, the plans proposed by Oceanix at the UN roundtable provide a glimpse of how the most modern iteration of a floating city would be built.
These floating cities would be built from scratch to be climate neutral and self-reliant, which provides a number of key environmental benefits.
Although it sounds incredibly promising, floating city technology is still in its infancy. Even Peter Thiel, a prominent seasteading advocate, mentioned in a 2017 interviewthat the technology is “still very far in the future.” One significant obstacle would be construction costs. The most recent assessment of the project, which occurred in 2013, co...
Learn what floating cities are, how they work, and why they are the future of urban development. Discover the environmental benefits of living on the water, such as protection from natural disasters, climate change solutions, and renewable resources.
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May 14, 2022 · 7 Surprising Facts About the World’s First Floating City. From recycled waste to revolutionary building materials, sustainability is at the center of this Bjarke Ingels Group–assisted model for...
Jun 22, 2022 · Designed in a pattern similar to brain coral, the city will consist of 5,000 floating units including houses, restaurants, shops and schools, with canals running in between.
Aug 12, 2021 · This hurricane-resistant, zero-waste city would be comprised of 4.5-acre hexagonal floating islands that each house 300 people. Six of these islands would form a ring-shaped village articulated...