22 January 2012

Floating cities



What if New York city ... © Studio Lindfors/ Ostap Rudakevych

Ostap Rudakevych's emergency zeppelins that look like hybrids of an airship and an insect can be deployed other the rooftops of rescued communities while a team of workers fix the damage downstairs. 

Cloud skippers © Gretchen Stump/ Studio Lindorfs


While post-disaster cities, like Cloud cities or Archigram's pods prevent chaos, the Cloud skippers already float beyond the skyscrapers territories : their self-sufficient communities live on green platforms suspended by cables.


Cloud skippers © Rael Sanfratello

Rael Sanfratello pushes the idea further by sending out Floating gardens, inflatable dirigables resembling giant jellyfishes, which transport growing gardens and migrate from one city to another following the seasons.


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