ο»Ώο»ΏAMAZING pictures reveal the ideas for a floating city that may shelter thousands of people.
The City of Meriens, a manta ray-shaped ship, resembles something from a sci-fi movie and is built to traverse the world while carrying thousands of people.
Rougerie continued, “It would revolutionize the field of underwater research since people would have a constant connection to the ocean and direct access to the underwater world, as part of the City is entirely submerged.
Once completed, it will be 900 meters long, 500 meters wide, and be able to accommodate research vessels up to 90 meters long inside.
Lecture halls, classrooms, laboratories, living quarters, leisure and cultural areas, and sports areas are all planned.
In accordance with the ideas of sustainable development, Rougerie has chosen renewable marine energy out of consideration for the environment.
The idea he came up with features a zero waste program, and the ship has access to a channel and hydroponic gardens at the end of the Manta ray’s “wings.”
Through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO will oversee City of Meriens.
Rougerie believes his bionic and biomimetic concept might be operational by 2050, and he started preparing it 13 years ago.
Plans for a second undersea metropolis off the Chinese coast have also just been made public.
Design firm AT Design Office, which is anticipated to be erected in the Dawan District of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, published the information for the first time in 2015.
The city would consist of a prefabricated concrete body 150 meters long and 30 meters broad at its most basic.
The floating metropolis, which would be constructed far from the mainland, would have a marina for small boats, a dock for civilian submarines, and a cruise port terminal for big cruise ships.
The various pods of the floating city would be connected by water and underwater thoroughfares.
Similar ideas have also been developed in the Maldives, where proposals for a floating town include 5,000 dwellings.
There is space for up to 20,000 people with access to hotels, bars, and stores.