South Korea green-lights plans for flood-resistant ‘floating city’
The Oceanix project, a collaboration between designers, architects and engineers, unveiled plans for a “flood-proof” city
By Oscar Holland
CNN
Dec 9, 2021
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The proposed settlement has been envisaged as “self-sustaining,” with residents able produce their own food and energy in “zero waste closed-loop systems.”
Neighborhoods will be designed with communal farms, aquaponic food-growing facilities and compost gardens, while seafood farms could be situated in the surrounding waters.
Uninhabited platforms could meanwhile host floating wind turbines and solar panels, or be used to grow bamboo for the construction of new buildings.
BIG’s proposed urban plan accounts for the production of fresh water, too, with on-site treatment plants and systems for collecting and storing rainwater. The architects have also envisaged fleets of electric vehicles — from hydrofoil water taxis to solar-powered ferries — connecting the neighborhoods with other parts of the city and the mainland.
