Bjarke Ingels has found the elusive silver lining in global sea level rise and the European affordable housing crisis in the form of "Urban Rigger," a series of inexpensive student housing complexes that are designed to float in the sea, especially in those cities which have dense urban cores next to the waterfront. The idea here is to provide students with affordable digs that are close to class while simultaneously making the most out of changing climate conditions and post-industrial port repurposing. The first complete Urban Rigger has already been assembled in Copenhagen.
According to an article in FastCompany, "Each unit, which can house 12 students at once, is composed of modular shipping containers. These modules are powered by a photovoltaic array and use a heat-exchange system that draws upon the thermal mass of water to warm and cool the interiors. Meanwhile, an aerogel developed by NASA insulates the interiors."
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Behold, every bad architecture trend combined into one package sold to dumb kids.
Impressive.
So... a student residence that looks exactly like most mediocre first-year projects.
Is Aerogel still fantastically expensive, or is it coming into line as a viable material?
Why not just use a cruise ship that is near the end of its service life?
Had you rather live here with pools, bars, restaurants, gyms - or in a shipping container? This is a British ship that was withdrawn from service a couple of years ago.
Volunteer, that's sooo yesterday. Come on, get with the program :)
Speaking of yesterday, this puppy has been out of service for 47 years. It is the SS United States which STILL holds the record for transatlantic crossing speed of 3 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes (35.6 knots). Plans are afloat (sorry) to bring it back to limited service.
it would be perfect here in Oakland, we got lots of empty shipping container(more come in, and only 1/2 go out, so they just pile up) - and big bay to float them in -
A cruise ship? Really? I'm sure that's practical, the cruise lines are sure to give one up, not that scrap metal is worth anything, and oh, why the fuck would I want to stay on a ship that had [insert water borne, food borne bacteria]....fuck.
"Everyone's been making a big deal about the cruise ship being used to house students of Maryland’s St. Mary’s College, after an unsavory outbreak of mold in the regular dorms. The ten-year-old ship, known as Sea Voyager (it originally cruised under the U.S. flag as Cape May Light), is docked on the St. Mary’s River, near campus, and is a temporary home to 240 kids. But while St. Mary’s College officials get extra credit for coming up with such an out-of-the-box solution to its campus housing problem, it is by no means uncommon for cruise ships to be used as temporary floating hotels."
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^it's oriented to the full moon... my dear Emperor.
Goodnight Moon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
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