floating ecopolis for climate refugees - 3DAllusions

Rod · #1 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 01:49 PM

I just came accross this after short segment on FOX news,
VINCENT CALLEBAUT ARCHITECTE PROJETS TOUT
Conceptually, I think he has some good insight.
The idea of a "floating city" towed to areas suffering from natural disasters doesn't seem like a huge leep from the concept of towing iceburgs for water. Certainly it'd be limited to coastal areas...

TheAllusionist · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 05:54 PM

Very cool site, thanks for posting. Of course I fear this is one step closer to floating cities, aarrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

TheAllusionist · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 06:36 PM

I saw at CGA that it was Pixelab who did the renderings.

Rod · #4 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 07:18 PM

True Russell, floating cities not great, but when you see the devastation caused by hurricanes and the like a solution like this could ease a lot of trama to a populice.

TheAllusionist · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 07:30 PM

Edit: Removed my pragmatic views so that we could focus on the design and parts of the concept that can inspire us.

It is cool design and looks very futuristic or offworldly to me. Vincet has a bunch of stuff that is unique and visually very interesting.

d.sign · #6 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 08:52 PM

Hey Rod, this is really great, thanks for pointing out!
I took a quick look at it, amazing in many aspects, but I need more time to study it and comment not only based on the visual impact, which is quite strong. I also like the style of presentation...

marko04 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 10:28 AM

This is amazing imagery. I only saw couple of projects, and I am stunned.
Thank you, Rod.

As for building floating cities, I don't know... I kinda like that idea.
For example, the bridge between Denmark and Sweden really helped marine life development. It was quite a surprise to environmentalists, who expected the opposite.

It seems that the idea for the airport in Iceland came from the microscopic look of volcanic ash

anonyma · #8 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 10:26 PM

thanks Rod,

this to be seriously considered in the near future...and we might train ourselves getting floating training workstations as well

neil · #9 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 06:24 AM

Thats really great, THANKS ROD. My god, This is mammoth, massive. Great style of presentation.
I think in future there can be some concepts in the air also. Long time ago I had seen a movie 'Fifth Element', in that movie I like the city and traffic concept.