July 3, 2008 - Comments Off on In the end, the Frogs will inherit the earth
In the end, the Frogs will inherit the earth
During an afternoon’s feasting with our “Special Edition Pizza Thursday” pie from Pizza Suprema at the New York Bunker, I came across an interesting article from the Daily Mail in the UK. A Belgian architect named Vincent Callebaut recently released his plans for the “Lilypad,” a floating city of our future water-covered planet. The Lillypad will be able to float around the world like a giant ship, just in time for your favorite ecological doom-and-gloom scenario. It’s a pretty cool design, and according to the article, “centered around a lake which collects and then purifies rain water, the Lilypad will drift around the world following the ocean currents and streams.” This is an excellent idea as long as the poisoned ecology doesn’t also unleash a horde of giant “super frogs,” desperate for a place to rest their massive webbed feet.
An architect has come up with an innovative answer to rising sea levels - a city that floats around the world.
The self-contained 'Lilypad' city will be home to around 50,000 'climate refugees' from the worst hit areas - including London.
Latest research predicts that sea levels could rise by up to 88cm - nearly 3ft - by the year 2100, putting many islands in the Pacific Ocean in danger.
Dave Fletcher is a Founder and Creative Director at theMechanism, a multi-disciplinary design agency with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa. Thanks to American news forecasts, Dave now lives in fear of everything.
Published by: davefletcher in The Design Mechanism
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