Danish maritime architecture practice, MAST, has developed a sustainable floating foundation for building housing and infrastructure atop the water, called “Land on Water.” The project was developed to serve as a solution to increased sea level rise and the growing risks of urban flooding.
For Land on Water, MAST was joined by construction industry executive Hubert Rhomberg and venture studio FRAGILE. The system consists of modular containers made from reinforced, recycled plastic.
It was inspired by gabion construction, a method that utilizes mesh cages filled with rubble to create sturdy, low-cost foundations. With Land on Water, the “cages” are filled with locally sourced, upcycled materials that could support the weight of any structure while floating. Materials could be adjusted if weight is added.
Land on Water also leaves a smaller footprint compared to steel and concrete foundations, which employ toxic anti-fouling paints. It will provide habitable space for fish and crustaceans and foster the growth of mollusks and seaweeds.
The firm shares that the project promises a "climate and adaptable solution for the construction of new floating buildings but could also lead to an entirely new type of dynamic and organic off-grid floating community."
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This cartoon is such a silly way to embrace rising sea level, MAST ought to enter it in the Miami Floating City competition. And forget the $1,000 and publication awards; you need to offer serious recognition to encourage other graphic-designers to enter. To paraphrase WC Fields (and no offense intended to Philadelphia), first prize is one week of "hurricane stay" on MFC, second prize is two weeks of "hurricane stay" on MFC, and so on. Survivors will have the Coast Guard rescue boat named after them.
So we are trading "toxic paints" on concrete and metal foundations for microplastic particle pollution from these wonderful plastic structures?
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