Tuesday, April 9, 2019

BIG unveils a sustainable floating city in response to rising sea levels

BIG and a coalition of partners have unveiled Oceanix City, a visionary proposal for the world’s first resilient and sustainable floating community for 10,000 people. Presented at the first UN high-level roundtable on Sustainable Floating Cities, the conceptual design was created as a potential solution to the perceived threat of climate change and rising sea levels. Conceived as a “modular maritime metropolis,” Oceanix City is engineered for self-sufficiency with features from net-zero energy...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/big-unveils-a-sustainable-floating-city-in-response-to-rising-sea-levels
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