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| Subject: China reveals plan for amazing 'floating city' Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:18 am | |
| Further evidence of China’s seemingly insatiable appetite for unconventional edifices comes with newly unveiled proposals for the development of a “floating city”, complete with underwater chambers and a self-contained ecosystem, off the country’s coast.
Its genesis stems from a successful partnership between Chinese engineering company CCCC and London-based architects AT Design Office. The groups collaborated on the development of Port City, a 230-hectare reclaimed island off the coast of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and now see the construction of floating, mobile landmasses as their next objective. CCCC has already developed “floating bridges” which it claims can be suspended in water without support, and this nascent technology will provide the foundation for its floating city.
The four-square-mile urban centre will provide housing to residents of China’s overcrowded cities, but it is to serve primarily as a high-end tourist attraction.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/china-reveals-plan-for-amazing-floating-city-20140702-3b7xa.html |
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