Archinect - News 2024-12-24T12:59:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150308213/updated-design-emerges-for-big-s-floating-city-in-busan-south-korea-for-oceanix Updated design emerges for BIG’s floating city in Busan, South Korea for OCEANIX Niall Patrick Walsh 2022-04-27T11:06:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/855ddfb91582332759de7a9a8c4e0ff6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Further details have been revealed for the design of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150289620/busan-to-take-the-lead-in-trying-on-bjarke-ingels-floating-oceanix-city-prototype-in-2025" target="_blank">OCEANIX Busan</a>, described as the &ldquo;world&rsquo;s first sustainable floating city.&rdquo; Designed by lead architects <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/samoo" target="_blank">SAMOO</a> (Samsung), the project will be constructed in the South Korean city of Busan by advanced maritime company OCEANIX in collaboration with UN-Habitat.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b0c9c3476cf597aca69b4477c19c22d7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b0c9c3476cf597aca69b4477c19c22d7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Potential scaled-up version of the scheme. Image by OCEANIX / Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure></figure><p>We <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150130510/bjarke-ingels-presents-utopian-plan-for-sustainable-floating-cities-to-un" target="_blank">first covered the project</a> in 2019, when BIG unveiled the project as a utopian plan for floating cities, sparking <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150130510/bjarke-ingels-presents-utopian-plan-for-sustainable-floating-cities-to-un" target="_blank">extensive debate</a> among our community. Late last year, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150289620/busan-to-take-the-lead-in-trying-on-bjarke-ingels-floating-oceanix-city-prototype-in-2025" target="_blank">it emerged</a> that the city of Busan would take the lead on realizing the project. Now, new renderings of the scheme offer further insight into how the original utopian plan may manifest. </p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2a/2a8ea861734b30326640f92f553ae9b2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2a/2a8ea861734b30326640f92f553ae9b2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Initial phase of OCEANIX Busan, accommodating 12,000 people. Image by OCEANIX / Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><p>The current proposal would see interconnected platforms create a 15.5-acre city capable of accommodating 12,000 people. T...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150289620/busan-to-take-the-lead-in-trying-on-bjarke-ingels-floating-oceanix-city-prototype-in-2025 Busan to take the lead in trying on Bjarke Ingels' floating OCEANIX CITY prototype in 2025 Josh Niland 2021-11-30T09:00:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/65/654cce4e62ec0e888c1535a80d4c9201.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In an effort to mitigate the impending effects of sea-level rise on coastal populations through architecture, UN-Habitat and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1879706/oceanix" target="_blank">OCEANIX</a> are once again taking the lead with a new prototype for a floating settlement in the South Korean city of Busan.&nbsp;</p> <p>The buzzworthy pair had previously made waves with a <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">Bjarke Ingels</a>-backed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150130510/bjarke-ingels-presents-utopian-plan-for-sustainable-floating-cities-to-un" target="_blank">2019 proposal</a> for a floodproof habitat which has now officially found a home thanks to a groundbreaking agreement with the city&rsquo;s government.&nbsp;</p> <p>Now, with almost <a href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/10/371_297491.html" target="_blank">50 centimeters of sea-level rise</a> expected for the southern peninsula by mid-century, leaders in South Korea look to the prototype as a guide to extreme adaptation efforts that could help circumvent the challenges caused by an influx of coastal city dwellers overrunning a country of 52 million whose total land area is roughly equivalent to the state of Indiana.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7d/7d61e51cd9e93279cca3a01225c27bd3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7d/7d61e51cd9e93279cca3a01225c27bd3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150130510/bjarke-ingels-presents-utopian-plan-for-sustainable-floating-cities-to-un" target="_blank">Bjarke Ingels presents utopian plan for sustainable floating cities to UN</a></figcaption></figure><p>The city proposal claims to be designed to withstand a...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150130510/bjarke-ingels-presents-utopian-plan-for-sustainable-floating-cities-to-un Bjarke Ingels presents utopian plan for sustainable floating cities to UN Mackenzie Goldberg 2019-04-06T11:26:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ac/ac8f72c58f9d8d8f2cc1f33addac0fc1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Faced with the threat of rising sea levels said to jeopardize 90% of the world's largest cities by 2050, UN Habitat convened its first roundtable to discuss potential adaptation strategies. In particular, the dozens of experts, investors, scientists, and officials, were there to explore new approaches to building sustainable offshore hubs for living and working, also known as <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/28312/floating-cities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">floating cities</a>.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d5/d5bf25b454a899ef73c39054e2bacdfe.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d5/d5bf25b454a899ef73c39054e2bacdfe.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>VILLAGE HARBOR DAYTIME: Socializing, play, and commerce are concentrated around the sheltered inner harbor. Platform edges activate the city with social programs, protect it from the wind, produce food, and dock boats. Image by Bjarke Ingels Group.</figcaption></figure><figure rel="width: 100%; height: auto;"><p><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b4d7c421fd1d7156528ec169214993c.gif"></p><figcaption>CITY FROM ABOVE: The city can organically transform and adapt over time, evolving from a neighborhood of 300 residents to a city of 10,000. Thirty-six 2-hectare floating neighborhoods and dozens of productive outposts create a vibrant community that can expand and contract over time.</figcaption></figure><p>The specific proposal was for Oceanix City, a collaboration between ...</p>