Belgians Architect Vincent Callebaut bring us a true amphibian – half aquatic and half terrestrial city, LILYPAD is able to accommodate 50,000 inhabitants and inviting the biodiversity to develop its fauna and flora around a central lagoon of soft water collecting and purifying the rain waters.
This artificial lagoon is entirely immersed, ballasting the city. It enables inhabitants to live in the heart of the sub aquatic depths. The multi functional program is based on three marinas and three mountains dedicated to work, shopping and entertainment. The whole set is covered by a stratum of planted housing in suspended gardens and crossed by a network of streets and alleyways with organic outline. The goal is to create a harmonious coexistence of humans and nature, exploring new modes of cross-cultural aquatic living.
前不久，西太平洋岛国基里巴斯总统宣布国家将在本世纪末消失，完全淹没在海水中。全球变暖的事实摆在眼前，气温越来越高，海平面也越来越高，有统计数据显示，海洋将会在21世纪上升20-90cm，相比起20世纪的10cm。基于这样的理论和事实，比利时设计师Vincent Callebaut设计了未来水世界漂流城堡——LILYPAD，一个真正意义上的半水生半陆生两栖城市岛屿。漂流城堡从空中俯瞰是个圆形，中心位置水域是用收集净化后的雨水，满足岛民的日常用水需要。三个凸起的山体高度不尽相同，充分利用空间，种有花草树木。每一个LILYPAD能容纳5万人居住，就像一个漂浮在海平面上的岛屿，根据不同的风向和气候在地球上到处漂流。在全球气候环境越来越恶劣的情况下，地球很可能在未来几百年甚至几十年变成一片汪洋大海，回归到最原始的状态，到时候人类就不得不自己寻找或制作更适合我们居住的地方，这个名为LILYPAD的人造漂流城堡应该是个很不错的选择。
