maandag 1 december 2014

'Modern-day Atlantis': Could this huge 'Ocean Spiral' be the underwater city of the future?




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This artist impression image released from Shimizu Corporation shows a modern-day Atlantis, a sphere 500 metres (1,500 feet) in diameter that houses hotels, residential spaces and commercial complexes.
A Japanese construction company has put forward its proposal to solve the issue of rising property prices — start building cities in the ocean.

The famously ambition Shimizu Corporation has unveiled its template for a modern-day Atlantis, a self-sufficient community that sits on or just under the surface of the sea.

The Ocean Spiral project envisages using huge spirals to connect each watertight residential sphere to the ocean floor, where it would create power in the form of methane-producing micro-organism factories.

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