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21-06-2022, 03:37 PM
Updated 20th June 2022
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Written by
Nell Lewis; video by Milly Chan, CNN
A city is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean. In a turquoise lagoon, just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital, a floating city, big enough to house 20,000 people, is being constructed.
Designed in a pattern similar to brain coral, the city will consist of 5,000 floating units including houses, restaurants, shops and schools, with canals running in between. The first units will be unveiled this month, with residents starting to move in early 2024, and the whole city is due to be completed by 2027.
The project -- a joint venture between property developer Dutch Docklands and the Government of the Maldives -- is not meant as a wild experiment or a futuristic vision: it's being built as a practical solution to the harsh reality of sea-level rise.
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in recent years, climate change has become "a catalyst," driving floating architecture towards the mainstream
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The Netherlands has become a center for the movement, home to floating parks, a floating dairy farm, and a floating office building
More video, photos and much more at: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ma...index.html
Written by
Nell Lewis; video by Milly Chan, CNN
A city is rising from the waters of the Indian Ocean. In a turquoise lagoon, just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital, a floating city, big enough to house 20,000 people, is being constructed.
Designed in a pattern similar to brain coral, the city will consist of 5,000 floating units including houses, restaurants, shops and schools, with canals running in between. The first units will be unveiled this month, with residents starting to move in early 2024, and the whole city is due to be completed by 2027.
The project -- a joint venture between property developer Dutch Docklands and the Government of the Maldives -- is not meant as a wild experiment or a futuristic vision: it's being built as a practical solution to the harsh reality of sea-level rise.
......
in recent years, climate change has become "a catalyst," driving floating architecture towards the mainstream
......
The Netherlands has become a center for the movement, home to floating parks, a floating dairy farm, and a floating office building
More video, photos and much more at: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ma...index.html
