A seascraper, also known as a waterscraper, is a proposed large building which will function as a floating city. It would generate its own energy through wave, wind, current, solar, etc. and produce its own food through farming, aquaculture, hydroponics, etc.
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Skyscraper".
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specializes in "amphibious" buildings, some floating and some using other systems to adapt to wet environments. In 2010 Architect
Sarly Adre Sarkum of
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from architecture firm SA Squared or Sarly Adre Sarkum Architecture proposed a building about the size of the
Empire State Building which would float in the ocean with only the top few stories out of water. It would house thousands of people and be self-contained, growing its own food and generating its own energy.
[Concept Waterscraper Brings Monumental Architecture Into The Open Sea]
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Another design concept for a mostly submerged structure i
The Gyre-Seascraper which would stretch 400 meters deep and over a kilometer across. It is designed to house over 2000 people, and be completely self-sufficient, producing its own food and electricity. It was designed by the firm Zigloo.ca, as a submission to
eVolo's Skyscraper Design Competition in 2009.
A seascraper concept was proposed and described by William Erwin and Dan Fletcher in the 2009 Evolo Skyscraper Competition, where they stated,
See also
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Freedom Ship
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Ocean colonization
Ocean colonization is the theory of extending society territorially to the ocean by permanent settlements floating on the ocean surface and submerged below, employing offshore construction. In a broader sense the ocean being subject of colo ...
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Seasteading
Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, in international waters outside the territory claimed by any government.
No one has yet created a structure on the high seas that has been recognized as a sov ...
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Very large floating structure
Very large floating structures (VLFSs) or very large floating platforms (VLFPs) are artificial islands, which may be constructed to create floating airports, bridges, breakwaters, piers and docks, storage facilities (for oil and natural gas) ...
References
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External links
"The Water-Scraper: I would live on it without a huge eco-disaster" - Coolest Gadgets"Gorgeous waterscrapers: habitat for the coming Waterworld" - DVICE"Gyre SeaScraper Design Concept" - Zigloo.ca
Skyscrapers
Scraper
Scrape, scraper or scraping may refer to:
Biology and medicine
* Abrasion (medical), a type of injury
* Scraper (biology), grazer-scraper, a water animal that feeds on stones and other substrates by grazing algae, microorganism and other matter ...
Building types