Unbelievable Floating Architectural Structures

Human habitations have changed form and style in congruence with the evolution of mankind. Our immediate challenge in terms of physical space due to rising shortage of land has led us once again to the threshold of redefining our dwelling. Here are some of the most interesting floating structures, a possible abode for our future generations

[@ximmer4802]

I watched this dozens of times as a kid. Imagining building this way.

[@hummingbirdchen]

Only one of these projects actually addressed the needs of ordinary people, as opposed to the WANTS of the super-rich. What a future we have to look forward to...

[@GLAMOURpusso]

Thankyou, for a wonderful insight into our Future !!!!!

[@ticinese67]

Viva las novedades. Enhorabuena.

[@nitinbean1]

its great to see how computer has freed us to design and imagine beyond barriers........... its great how different fields are confluencing into architecture

[@Jakethegoodman]

Converting oil platforms to hotels sounds like a really good investment!

[@Skywalker41000]

Beauty,Harmony and Practicat

[@ticinese67]

¡¡Vivan lo inventos, mi aplauso para esos GENIOS PENSANTES. Mi saludo fiel a que los seguiré viendo.

[@pipelasercutting]

great ideas

[@123mohanrao]

amazing architecture in near future.......

[@zoraidacuadrado-ortiz4461]

It is a reality alternative AND also for agricultre, etc... thanks for sharing

[@dudilishious]

who ever made these structures were unbelievably HIGH!!!

[@wtjbugiganga]

Fantastic.

[@Swagman00]

Turning an old oil rig into a resort? Oh, the green movement will LOVE that idea...

[@tgrsc]

A great futuristic idea that is feasible & would become necessary in the not distant future due to rising sea level & choking of mega cities.These structures would be mostly GREEN in nature.

[@cartercool90]

the jellyfish house looks like an awesome thought! i would totally live in one

[@PTunnelly]

that was awesome!

[@shakaama]

exactly, one of the chief scientists that studies population said you can fit the entire world population in La. So yeah, there is no shortage of land. Most countries have tons of unpopulated land. The only time we would have a "population problem" if the entire world were like that planet in Dune, Giedi Prime, which is completely cemented over and filled with skyscrapers.

[@Knight221292]

"RUNNING OUT OF SPACE" nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

[@ADTR945]

These will attract so many wisitors

[@natentreyable]

nicely done

[@Einstien1879]

awesome seaworld !!

[@memeelooker1416]

Nice

[@PTunnelly]

1:19 is actually JAW-DROPPING!

[@MrBranagain]

I love how everything looks like an iPod in the future.

[@ubentu]

You do get that.. These are built for sustainability. People are going to keep populating and we're going to keep innovating. Before we ever go to space we're going to fill earth. The oceans are fair game.

[@MD2011Productions]

Bulgaria here! ...

[@islanddesigner4117]

pretty nice!

[@garysaran]

I bought a floating house too, came back from work and realized the the house float away from the location. lost $1.5 million. Cops told me that pirates stole it. Just a suggestion, please dont buy a floating house.

[@manojkumar-ky1qh]

awesome place......insha allah i try to make such a things......

[@tniemann23]

I think this would be good for underwater basket weavers!

[@coolboy56574]

the underwater city GREAT!

[@meeracabonilas4276]

very satisfaction

[@TheJRIVE]

that underwater hotel is scary. You sleep with you, the ocean, and only some glass to keep you from drowning!

[@Iranianoilbourse]

Progress in culture is to be able to live in harmony and peace.

[@BLY99]

I'll bet you that in 2050 people will still be living in crappy houses, soul destroying apartments and mud huts.

[@sPIRIToFmYSTERY]

@jjfrunner Read my other posts here, to fully understand my thoughts? ;-)

[@Construcoesereformas]

Linda obra sensacional mais um inscrito no canal sobre Brasil

[@3salamanders]

Globally, we actually produce several times more food than is needed to feed everyone. Politics and greed are usually what stops it from reaching those in need.

[@NinthRay7]

the future is going to be awesome.

[@Scene-yb2np]

Cool

[@sPIRIToFmYSTERY]

@MerciAye Beautiful yes, but practical refuge?

[@Distress.]

At least the other ones were trying to look all shiny. Who would want to live in that last one?

[@sLdGlD]

LETS DO IT! Arrest all the bad people and lets start our future without them! No more war!

[@jjfrunner]

There's a difference between art and actual sketches, these designers must know that there is gravity on the planet earth, and it will destroy some of these structures in seconds...

[@modupechibuzor8550]

What a dream

[@AStaticCharacter]

We're reaching that point, though. Not the whole tree thing, but it's becoming increasingly hard to feed the constantly growing population.

[@cheezmebaby]

Hell yeah! Anyone else notice the 007 picture on the wall at 2:30?

[@Davy.J.Y]

1:50 i want to live there!

[@terkelalgevind529]

COOL MUSIC

[@appleclaws9653]

Tsunami's dont get big untell they get to shallow water, thats why it was so hard to detect them out at sea.

[@klarakeropyan]

nice

[@rvsc2277]

Prone to disaster like fire ,typhoon and hurricane, also should have a good waste disposal system. This thing can add pollution of the sea.

[@ChiliMaster]

Wisitors! haha I kept hearing W instead if V, great accent, at first i thought it was one of those robot voice things xD

[@possum2u]

what I've learned from this video is that the rich will be fine and have luxurious resorts to retreat too ,kinda like now

[@MrSlink99]

I gotta flying home!

[@OsamaBinLooney]

these all look like they would sink like a ton of bricks in a storm

[@LittleDudesBigWangs]

i am almost positive, they would built it where stuff like that didnt happen

[@kasminereed4872]

exactly unbelievable exbits too visit in future if was wealthy or not for americans can team with other foreigns that lived in countries can help built this recorations or floating object that floats in oceans floors.

[@helowarz]

Under water city. Good idea until the waves get higher then the wall XD

[@kayser79pr]

is this the future wow

[@zortex57]

Thumbs up if your watching in 2012!

[@nigelb1000000]

Bro you are sooooo cool!!

[@CorundumDevil]

@OrionHopkins Yes.

[@ilmarselter]

Tsunamis will go underneath these structures. Tornados have propably the same effect as on land with less raining cows.

[@moonshiry]

oil rig and hydropolis looks good. lilipad looks strangely like alien structures lol

[@2CSST2]

lol!! I love the music at 1:20 "thechnology" couldn't chose a better song to fit!

[@7777dodger]

when is this suposed to be done last year i couldnt find it on the internet

[@Silkiroth]

I think this is a good step in a new direction. If they can make it safe and secure, it's better to build these kinds of cities than to continue chopping down our oxygen supply for a growing population. Besides, no matter where you live, natural disasters will get people.

[@bhoomir1234]

Quite workable for me...

[@morphius6853]

You forgot to mention The Khazar Islands that are already under construction, and they are building the highest building in the world

[@rendina17]

I have one of those in my pool

[@ninjaTy16]

CMON THIS IS 2013 LETS SEE THIS STUFF GET MADE!

[@Bleh1232123]

I love how she says 'wisitors'

[@dimvoly]

I predict that the communities within the structure, if they depend on each other to be self sustainable, would be more close that your typical suburban sub-development.

[@sexyboa25]

sound cool yet expensive

[@ThePlainswalker1]

"...and this is expected to be completed by 2009." Me: ... Wait, what?

[@moonchild645]

And here we are in 2020 and still no such thing.. 😂

[@Boomer8u]

thumbs up if you noticed the james bond picture on the wall at 2:31

[@falutak]

I'll stick to my beloved soil/land and hike my way up those mountains where we went trekking during my childhood.. Not a bad idea, eh?

[@deeking7325]

Uploaded on my bday :)

[@UnknownDWknight]

How did i end here when i was watching a neutron planet collision?

[@AStaticCharacter]

Unfortunately, just because we inhabit so little, doesn't mean we can just go fill up all of the land. Most of it is needed for food production, and if we were to get around that problem, then we'd have to level every forrest to be able to use all of the land, and the atmosphere would pretty much be unbreathable. Still, I agree with the whole possibility of terraformation. It exists in nature, we just need to find an effective way of harnessing it.

[@bobbateson]

Disappearing coast lands? Really. The only way that could happen is if the Flood comes again or all the oceans go dry. No boat required. I do enjoy the creativity.

[@GeorgeLeshkov]

no, it said this was in Bulgaria, im from there, and the only water we have is rivers and Black Sea on the east coast. This looks like it is on a lake, so the only thing we should worry about is too much rainfall flooding slightly... but we are not on an ocean, so no worry about tsunami and typhoon :)

[@Panczekolada]

@RyleyAshford Well.. I meant that such structures as those.. arks would require special technologies like reinforced, lightweight structure and stuff like that. Of course we have the technology, but they might improve it with the need of such enormous constructions as floating cities. The other thing is that in in one town in Poland, when flood struck all the poor people were moved to a hotel. Within a week they stole everything that wasn't screwed to the wall.

[@jordanlewa9174]

I'll say future insights were shitty if they're not affordable for the lower ranks. But btw I love the "Jellyfish" house and I want it 4 times larger

[@leavethisemptier]

The first paragraph of the video is not a description. Try putting in the channel/company that made the video or at the least the name of the narrator or country of origin. Still interesting video.

[@sPIRIToFmYSTERY]

@MerciAye Where are they?

[@TheJRIVE]

1:20 - What if the dam overflows? The people would say," Damn, this dam overflowed, now we spent so much money to die."

[@otakufanatic98]

For all of you people who perfer to stay on the ground, I do to but think about it. The land will enevitably be destroyed because of global warming and things like that but this way, we will be able to travel to go anywhere (not counting the destroyed land) We'd be able to discover new things. I for one am very open to the idea of traveling on the water would be incredibly fun! Planting trees may work for a few years, then what?

[@c0ldbl00d3dfate]

what country is that planing building like that?is that in dubai?

[@garundip.mcgrundy8311]

Yeah! A city built behind a coffer dam! That's got to be good.

[@PTunnelly]

@aranfrancis hell yeah!

[@DestructiveBurn]

Sounds like something out of science fiction.

[@iBooa123]

Well, I see your point. But we are far from that point as we are now. If plants stopped producing oxygen, there's still enough to sustain us for 1000 years, anyway. The thing is, population will level itself out. Until the last 200 years, the population was around 1.2 billion. In 200 years, it reached 7 billion, because we had the means so sustain more life. If we ever do run out of space, then we adjust.

[@bernatalabaualabau7648]

You see these projects and think... what could possibly go wrong? Anyway, a lot of human progress started with someone dreaming the impossible.

[@jasonxxxkillsgerms4907]

Hydropolis was my favorite

[@IAmNumber4000]

Making an underwater hotel is a cool idea but if there was a household accident, it wouldn't be pretty. I don't see any water airlock thingies to keep a full blown flood from happening. Here I am, sitting in front of a laptop in early 2012 and I still don't see any news articles on the grand opening of that potential mass lawsuit. There are too many structural flaws with these things to count.

[@suckballs38]

I found it quite easy.

[@Ragluvvulgar]

MY QUESTION EXACTLY