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And here you can see the three uh
connected domes. Two of them are
transparent. They This geodeic pavilion
floats in the port of Roderdam. I think
a floating city might be the safest
place to be if there's a hurricane or a
flood. That's the place where I would
go. Ruker Degraphth runs the firm that
designed the pavilion which hosts
conferences, performances, and parties.
So it shows that it's actually possible
to make large buildings uh that float on
the water and as such it's a first step
towards creating collections of floating
buildings and infrastructure which in
the end will lead to creating floating
cities. He calls it a blue revolution.
Eventually he envisions self- sustaining
cities in the middle of the ocean. I
think we will definitely live on the
oceans before we're going to live on the
moon or Mars.
It seems far-fetched and it won't be all
clear sailing. In Delft, a developer
built these two floating homes way out
of balance. One is listing badly. The
other is level thanks only to 6,500 lb
of water stored on one side of the
basement. They are looking for a more
permanent
solution. Keeping their feet dry has
always been a Dutch priority. But the
key lesson they have learned over the
years, simply fending off the water as
if it were a mortal enemy is like
tilting at windmills.