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)
Title: Rendering Freedom
Function: City
by Anthony Ling (Personality Winner) (hey, this guy is from Porto Alegre
)
Title: The Arch
Function: Observatory
by Rory O'Hagan (Personality Runner Up)
Title: Entwined Dragon Seastead
Function: Hotel/museum
by Patrick Kenny (aesthetics runner up)
Title: Micro city community
Function: Independent community
Ettore Mele (community prize runnerup)
Title: Refusion
function: Research facility
by Team 3DA (
SESU Seastead (SElf-SUstained Seastead)
function: Mini society
by Marko Järvela (Aesthetics Winner)
Title: Oasis of The Sea
Function: Resort
by Emerson Stepp (Best Picture Winner)
OVERALL WINNER (gosh, I didnt like this project! Well, in fact, I HATED it)
The Swimming City
by András Gyõrfi
