People may one day live on top of the ocean in this 'floating city'—take a look (via CNBCMakeIt)
Six of the floating platforms would make up a village with approximately 10,000 residents, according to Oceanix. Each neighborhood would cluster around a central harbor that serves as the heart of the city, with a public square and market place.The platforms would float though they would be moored to the ocean floor, and they would be located about a mile from a major coastal city.that people will work, live and play in the self-sustaining city.
The floating city would produce its own power and heat using renewable sources like solar, wind, wave and current. The fresh water supply would come from vapor distillation technology, atmospheric water generators and rain harvesting systems, according to Chen, and a closed-loop integrated water reuse systems would eliminate water waste. The cities would also have a system that transports garbage through tubes to a remote station.
"The choice of building material is also essential here," says Chen. "We are not going for marble or gold-plated interiors. We will use locally sourced, natural and repurposed materials." Timber would be the main building material, and it would be designed to withstand natural disasters including tsunamis and Category 5 hurricanes, according to the company.
"Floating cities are not affected by rising sea levels; they are buoyant and rise with the water," says Chen. "They are therefore flood-proof."The floating city will be part of its host city, and have its own based on that, Chen says.There has been push back on the idea of floating cities, which could be expensive to build,to Engineering.com, which compared Oceanix to a planned floating city project that would cost approximately $176 million for 300 full-time residents .
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