From the New York Post:
Futuristic, floating city can withstand Category 5 hurricanes
Imagine living in a sustainable city that not only produced its own food and energy but also withstood natural disasters — all while resting out on the ocean.Hang on, that's not at all what I think of when I think floating libertarian tech bro residence.
Although it sounds like something concocted by a science fiction writer, the United Nations wants to make it a reality.
During a roundtable discussion convened by the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN Habitat) and a company called Oceanix that’s seeking to build floating cities, a group of designers and architects unveiled a concept for a floating city that would be affordable and able to survive potential catastrophes caused by climate change.
“Everybody on the team actually wants to get this built,” Marc Collins, the CEO of Oceanix, told Business Insider. “We’re not just theorizing.”
The executive director of UN Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, pledged the international agency’s support for actually bringing the project to fruition.
“We must ensure that the benefits of technological advances are a basic right, not a privilege of the few. UN Habitat is ready to provide the platform so that we can engage the best minds in every part of the world,” she said in a statement.
The floating cities, designed by world-renowned architect Bjarke Ingels in collaboration with Oceanix, would be a collection of hexagonal platforms that could each host about 300 residents. A group of six platforms would make up a village and the entire city could have six villages, for about 10,000 residents......MORE
Well, there's always 2012's "Why Buy a Yacht When the Same Money Will Get You a Floating Island?":
Okay, maybe not exactly the same money. This 57,000 square foot beauty runs "hundreds of millions of euros to build.”
From GizMag:
Owning one's own yacht must surely be one of man's greatest indulgences. The ability to take your own tailored environment anywhere you want....MORE
Yacht Island Design creates tailored environment like no other. Following on from its "Streets of Monaco" design is the "Tropical Island Paradise", a 90 metre island with a top speed of 15 knots.
The main deck is a beach "cove" of cabanas surrounding a massive ocean view swimming pool, with a waterfall falling nearby from the volcano.
A bar area, outdoor dining, there's a private spa and four VIP suites for friends, all with their own private balcony.
There's also a helicopter landing pad so those friends can drop in....MORE
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Although she doesn't go there I could envision a whole "Lord of the Flies" societal breakdown or at minimum something along the lines of 2015's "The Billionaire Battle in the Bahamas".
Or maybe "Sardinians Want Rome to Sell Them to the Swiss".
"Tech bros told they’re no longer allowed to colonize French Polynesia"
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