I GUESS this is the right forum for it.
Anyway, I dont know if you guys ever heard about the Seasteading Institute.
Well, these guys basically projected a sea plataform which they have in mind for colonization of the ocean... imagine 21st century palafites :)
If they are realistic about it or not, if their idea is good or not, I will let you decide, through their site
http://seasteading.org/
But what got me interested about it was the Contest they organized, for architects, 3D artists, etc.
Basically, they had the PLATAFORM... an engineering project. But they lacked the "architect/artist" vision of WHAT do to with the plataform, and since they are small, they organized a contest with prizes to get some architectural projects to use as portfolio of their plataform structure.
The results are very interesting. Here are some...
Title: Seagull Hotel
Function: Six stars hotel
by Matias Perez (overall Winner Runner Up)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/...60af0981_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/...1937df92_b.jpg
Title: Rendering Freedom
Function: City
by Anthony Ling (Personality Winner) (hey, this guy is from Porto Alegre:cheers: )
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/...bd345359_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3781710...7617541726041/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/...42b7239b_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/...5bffd0e4_b.jpg
Title: The Arch
Function: Observatory
by Rory O'Hagan (Personality Runner Up)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/...893a3064_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/...6da18f97_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3337/...a2d1e26a_b.jpg
Title: Entwined Dragon Seastead
Function: Hotel/museum
by Patrick Kenny (aesthetics runner up)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/...d3e6b503_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/...7b1f7250_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/...ddc221b2_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/...a20076e9_o.jpg
Title: Micro city community
Function: Independent community
Ettore Mele (community prize runnerup)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/...3d6e53a6_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/...1bfac476_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3651/...5262352a_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/...7c4c85a6_b.jpg
Title: Refusion
function: Research facility
by Team 3DA (
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/...4e3a177a_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/...0228e750_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3344/...f3559be0_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/...67e8817f_o.jpg
SESU Seastead (SElf-SUstained Seastead)
function: Mini society
by Marko Järvela (Aesthetics Winner)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/...0f335e48_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/...a0c7838a_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/...ecaa681b_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3600/...3e237149_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/...232d682f_b.jpg
Title: Oasis of The Sea
Function: Resort
by Emerson Stepp (Best Picture Winner)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/...31da4f76_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/...cf83b534_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/...9763d91b_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3651/...b41be403_o.jpg
OVERALL WINNER (gosh, I didnt like this project! Well, in fact, I HATED it)
The Swimming City
by András Gyõrfi
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/...fdfd4294_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/...c94ae54e_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/...c8740e49_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/...2c9437bf_o.jpg