This giant floating city is called Lilypad City. According to the architect, Vincent Callebaut:
'The whole city is covered by plants housed in suspended gardens. The goal is to create a harmonious coexistence of humans and nature. Some countries spend billions of pounds working on making their beaches and dams bigger and stronger. But the Lilypad project is actually a long term solution to the problem of the water rising. And it has the other objective of providing housing for refugees from islands that have been submerged. I think trying to accomodate the millions of people left homeless by environmental changes will prove to be one of the great challenges of the 21st century.'
p/s: Some doubt that technology is the solution to our present crisis.
'The whole city is covered by plants housed in suspended gardens. The goal is to create a harmonious coexistence of humans and nature. Some countries spend billions of pounds working on making their beaches and dams bigger and stronger. But the Lilypad project is actually a long term solution to the problem of the water rising. And it has the other objective of providing housing for refugees from islands that have been submerged. I think trying to accomodate the millions of people left homeless by environmental changes will prove to be one of the great challenges of the 21st century.'
p/s: Some doubt that technology is the solution to our present crisis.
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