The future is floating, these builders believe.
As the seas rise, a small team of big dreamers proposes that we go to the surface of the water and live on top of the waves.
An international team of architects and designers, led by Italian firm Luca Cerci Architects and UK-based Tim Fu Design, “with the support of artificial intelligence,” presented their eco-friendly proposal for a sustainable floating city capable of housing 50,000 residents Rendering has been released. , The newly fashioned photos bear some resemblance to the 2013 dystopian sci-fi flick “Elysium” starring Matt Damon, in which Earth is an inferno and the wealthy live on a lush, tech-filled space station that serves as a reminder of the planet’s gloomy past. revolves around the remains.
Lots of curved lines, sleek white structures, ornamented with lattice roofs, a circular-looking street grid, and something akin to Manhattan’s aesthetic small islandOnly implemented on a metro-wide scale.
“The floating city community will consist of a total of 25 acres of interconnected platforms” and various neighborhoods, each consisting of “high-rise and low-rise buildings surrounded by a membrane of photovoltaic glass, which provides power to the entire floating system and making it energy-independent,” according to a press release.
There will be a zero-waste policy, 100% green transportation system, water desalination, energy storage solutions, an array of renewable energy resources and farming – all on a spirited bit of man-made municipality that’s smaller than Staten Island.
“The sustainable city allows its residents to lead a healthy lifestyle, in relation to the natural elements, to re-think the traditional concept of community and society,” the release said. According to the release, it will also be a tourist destination with areas for hotels, wellness centers, shopping malls, sports centers and leisure attractions.
To visit, guests and residents can arrive by sea or air to “several naval entries,” exterior and interior docks, and droneports connected to each floating platform.
The minds behind the project see it as an “adaptable and scalable” blueprint for other such developments. As for where they will make it, the site is currently listed as “worldwide”. Website,
The Floating City will be presented for the first time during this year’s Biennale Architettura.