Thanks to
StumbleUpon, which semi-randomly jumps you around the web showing you pages it thinks you'll like, I've been seeing some very interesting ideas in Green architecture. I discussed one of these finds
recently, but today
this one really caught my eye:
It's called LilyPad. The concept is described as "a floating offshore ecopolis for climate refugees" by the designers,
Vincent Callebaut Architectures. Each LilyPad is designed to be a self-sufficient mini-city using energy provided by a combination of solar power, wind turbines, and
hydropower. What makes it especially interesting to me is the idea that these could provide housing for the
millions that will be displaced by rising ocean levels over the next century. That's a problem that hasn't really been addressed and it shows a suprising and gratifying degree of forward-thinking by the architects that they've done so. The LilyPad exemplifies the kind of innovation that comes from thinking Green.
2 comments:
Wow! This is just wild. Good thing somebody's thinking about solutions to the rising ocean levels, because we're going to need them.
This is a really beautiful concept; I love that the current green movement is giving a lot more attention to aesthetic appeal than previous generations.
The Navy has been operating a floating hospital for disaster relief operations, and relief workers for the Texas coast were being housed in a cruise ship for the Ike response, so I don't think this idea is all that far fetched either.
I'd be interested to see more detail on the stages of construction and the resources required... It'd be awesome to have something like this be modular, with the initial units capable of rapid deployment as post-disaster shelters and service centers, with further expansion guided and conducted by the evacuated residents themselves.
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