BEFORE we get to live on Mars, we should make the most out of living underwater.
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has come up with ambitious plans to build futuristic ocean skyscrapers made from 3D-printed plastic waste that extends 1km below the water’s surface.Aequora, the water city would be situated off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and its name comes from a type of jellyfish called aequorea victoria.The structure would be made from recycled plastic removed from the ocean and would house 20,000 people.
As well as housing, the Aequorea would be home to science labs, offices, hotels, sports fields and farms across 250 floors.Those concerned with changes in the weather should not worry.According to Callebaut, the structure’s strange jellyfish-like geometry is meant to help with high currents, storms, earthquakes and other natural water movements.Life underwater means you would need gill masks to breath underwater and food would come in the form of algae, plankton and molluscs, while vegetable gardens ‘farmscrapers’ would be grown on top of the structures.Transport system would be powered by seaweed and the city would be running on renewable energy.
Callebaut added: “Never forget this: oceans produce 50 per cent of our planet’s oxygen.“They are its most active lung! It was really worth cleaning them, and fighting their acidification, thus re-enchanting our living together — don’t you think?” source>http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas
I love the ocean! This puts a whole new meaning to ocean front property!
Super cool concept. It would be amazing if the structures were built to be "green" but also to maybe "clean up" the problems. Like a catfish helps clean, maybe they somehow could do something positive as well?