Futuristic Floating City

Posted by The Islomaniac® • June 20th, 2010 • Printer-friendly

floating islandIf global warming continues and scientists predictions are correct are many of our children and great grand children may find themselves living on self-sustaining floating island cities.

One of the newest floating islands is a complex proposed by the Shimzu corporation. This completely self sufficient floating ecotopia that is covered in vegetation, generates its own power, grows food, manages waste, and provides clean water.

Designed for the equatorial pacific, presumably near Japan, the island is a concept for a series of floating islands with eco skyscraper cities, where people live and work. The islands are connected together to form modules and a number of modules grouped together form a “country” of roughly 1 million people.

A 1,000 m tower in the center of the island acts as both a vertical farm as well as a skyscraper with residential, commercial and office space. The green space, the beach, and the water terminal on the flat plane of the island are all within walking distance. Energy for the islands would be generated from renewable sources like solar, wind, and ocean thermal.
Read more: Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Read more: Futuristic Floating City is an Ecotopia at Sea | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

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