This document presents a vision for a floating city as a self-sufficient structure that addresses issues of rising sea levels, flooding, and land scarcity. It describes challenges with existing coastal cities and ships. The floating city would be made of hundreds of interconnected platforms forming a flexible superstructure that moves with ocean waves. Design objectives include movability, modularity, and creating a sustainable urban environment focused on energy, water, and waste recycling. Cost estimates and technical feasibility are also discussed.
2. Contents
1 .Introduction
2.Vision
3.Need
4.Problems with ship
5.floating urbanization
6.Corporate values
7. Design objectives
8.Knowledge and expertise
9. Unique platform
10. Design of structure
11. Sustainability and ecology
12. Cost estimate and feasibility
13. Growth strategy
14. Scenario for the next 100 years
15. Conditions for a city at sea
15. Conclusion
16.References
3. Introduction
Floating city is a self sufficient very large floating structure .
Sustainaquality is the combination word of sustainability-aqua (water) –
quality
Threat of rapidly melting glaciers and extreme droughts emphasize the
intrinsic relationship between water and the built environment
6. Need
Flooding in Mozambique due to heavy rainfalls in January 2008
Near 80 per cent of the city of New Orleans was flooded by the storm
surge
Cities waterfronts have soft soil and building takes a lot ofities waterfronts have soft soil and building takes a lot of
effort, by making all the piles into the ground, and even after aeffort, by making all the piles into the ground, and even after a
decade the building starts to go a little bit out of balance.decade the building starts to go a little bit out of balance.
Cities are fighting against water to avoid flooding, and most of them have
come out with different ways of creating barriers.
8. Parasitic behavior of cities
IN: OUT:
Water Waste
Energy Heat
Space CO2
Materials Water depletion
Food Nutrients
Water
Food
Energy
Wastewater
HeatCity
Surrounding area
Water depletion
PollutionNutrients
Precipitation
CO2Water nuisance
9. Unique and promising growth market
Creates new space in densely populated areas
Combines urban development and water
retention
Safe and climate proof solution
Offers urban flexibility and movable buildings
13. Hundreds of small interlocking platforms joined to form a
superstructure
Big enough to stay stable but flexible enough to roll with the water
As the oceans waves pull and twist and push, the structural system is
giving away to that, flexes with it, like a living organism.
14. Design of structure
• Estimation of platform size
• Movability
• Seakeeping comfort
• Structural aspects
• Ideal size from design perspective
15. Indoor climate concept
Floating pavilion features a demand-driven
climate system
A lot of energy and material is saved by putting it
only where it’s needed
Solar transmission is regulated by applying
reflective printing to the foil
21. Cost estimate and feasibility
• Connection to the coastal city
• Cost estimate
• Model
• Water supply
• Energy
22. ModulAIR vision
• Floating house is inspired by the symbiotic relation
between tree and fungus
• House is constructed of two parts: the backbone as the
tree and the capsules as the fungus
• Backbone supports the capsules and transports
‘nutrients’ such as energy, water and waste.
• Through symbiosis they form a comfortable living
environment.
23. Floating house is inspired by the symbiotic relation between tree and
fungus
House is constructed of two parts: the backbone as the tree and the
capsules as the fungus
Backbone supports the capsules and transports ‘nutrients’ such as energy,
water and waste.
Through symbiosis they form a comfortable living environment.
32. Conclusion
The floating city is a project that many say
is impossible, or even pointless. Advances
in material science, nautical design and
maritime constructions could not only
make the floating city possible but it may
also be an essential asset in the near
future.
