Floating Cities (LILYPAD concept). They Might Save the World.
It's inevitable: sea levels will rise as more polar ice breaks off and melt. What the heck are we going to do? Will we sit by and watch every single coastline creep in a mile? Let me list a few cities this would affect: Rio de Janeiro, NYC, Boston, San Francisco, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Miami, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Baltimore, Monaco, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangkok, Seoul, Toyko, and any island (Canary, Hawai'i, Micronesia, Polynesia, Galapagos)... to name a few. Oh, and Bayonne, NJ. That impacts hundreds of millions of people and hundreds of trillions of dollars in property and infrastructure. I think that constitutes a global concern, no?
As more and more chunks of ice break off of our ice caps, Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is being proactive and has started designing a solution. He calls it the LILYPAD concept project, and it might save the world.
Confused? Convinced? Continue.
As more and more chunks of ice break off of our ice caps, Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is being proactive and has started designing a solution. He calls it the LILYPAD concept project, and it might save the world.
Confused? Convinced? Continue.
Callebaut had designed self-sustained, floating city. How many people can this hold? 50,000. My, oh, my.
Power? Callebaut pulls on solar, wind, thermal, hydraulic, osmotic energies, phytopurification, biomass and tidal. That's kind of a full house of options. The LILYPAD is beyond zero-carbon, it will have a negative carbon footprint, able to provide energy back into the grid.
The LILYPAD has areas dedicated to residential, commercial and business in those hills. Above the hills grows the food residents will eat.
Now, that submerged bulb beneath the island is key. It's a fresh-water lagoon that not only provides fresh water for residents, but balances the island when out at sea.
This whole idea, the LILYPAD, is some HAWTaction [hot ak-shuh
n]. Check out some LILYPADS in their natural habitat, outside of Monaco and Maldavian Atolls.
That's some sassiness.
Archinect via iO9
Power? Callebaut pulls on solar, wind, thermal, hydraulic, osmotic energies, phytopurification, biomass and tidal. That's kind of a full house of options. The LILYPAD is beyond zero-carbon, it will have a negative carbon footprint, able to provide energy back into the grid.The LILYPAD has areas dedicated to residential, commercial and business in those hills. Above the hills grows the food residents will eat. Now, that submerged bulb beneath the island is key. It's a fresh-water lagoon that not only provides fresh water for residents, but balances the island when out at sea. This whole idea, the LILYPAD, is some HAWTaction [hot ak-shuh
n]. Check out some LILYPADS in their natural habitat, outside of Monaco and Maldavian Atolls. That's some sassiness.Archinect via iO9
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I can't wait for 200 of these to show up and pick up NYC in 2070. I think some NYer's, though, will be buying their own.
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- JLF
Like the mega cruise ship, I call top bunk.
Top bunk is yours. You can do what you want, because Jake will be captain of this floating city.