Monday, February 21, 2011

The Ark: Floating Hotel






The Ark: Floating Hotel to Address Climate Change Effects Like Rising Sea Levels & Massive Floods

Speaking to the world's rising sea levels, Russia-based architectural firm Remistudio proposes this arch shaped building as a refuge from even extreme floods. Called (quite appropriately) the Ark, the futuristic structure has the ability to exist autonomously on the surface of the water. Designed to be a bioclimatic building, the Ark incorporates several innovative gree strategies and elements to ensure that its residents can survive aboard for months at a time.

Addressing growing concern over climatic changes and the rising level of the world’s oceans, Russian architectural film. Remistudio has designed a massive hotel concept that can endure extreme floods. The arch-shaped building, dubbed the Ark, has a structure that enables it to float and exist autonomously on the surface of the water. The Ark was also designed to be a bioclimatic house with independent life-support systems, including elements ensuring a closed-functioning cycle.

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