Belgian-born and Paris-based architect, Vincent Callebaut, recently unveiled the designs for a fictional water city off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. This inventive, ecological architect proposed a way to build (futuristic) ocean buildings made from 3D-printed plastic waste found in the oceans, which would extend 1,000 meters beneath the water’s surface.
In Callebaut’s own words, he’s interested in amassing “an oceanscraper printed in 3D from the seventh continent’s garbage,” Appropriate, taking into consideration the design, Aequorea, Callebaut’s fictional water city, draws its name from a type of bioluminescent jellyfish called aequorea victoria.
The concept is also meant to draw attention to the massive amounts of trash that gets deposited into the ocean daily, and for us to take a look at the dwindling resources we have remaining on earth. We need to start REALLY caring for our oceans if only because they produce 50 per cent of our planet’s oxygen. Just as you take care of your lungs, you should also take care of the most active set of lungs on our earth too!
These “jellyfish pods” would house everything necessary for a community. If you think this looks impossible, you might not know that there’s already subaquatic dining in the Maldives.
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In order to nurture the coral and sea life that form its foundation, “Lilypad” would follow the currents. In this drawing, the finished structures float off the coast of Monaco.
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Vincent Callebaut is always thinking up new and innovative architectural ideas. Young as he is, there’s no doubt that one day, this ecological architect will be thought of as a master of the 21st century environmental architecture.
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Have a drink or dinner at this amazing and UNDERGROUND Maldives restaurant, Ithaa Undersea Restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Hotel. Seriously, what can be more fun than that?
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