This floating continent could collect and recycle plastic from the ocean in future
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How this floating continent could clean our oceans
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New Eco-Floating Hotel Spins to Generate Energy, Aims at Full Self-Sufficiency 16 Mar 2021, 15:00 UTC ·
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As early as 2025, Qatar could be the home of a new floating hotel, a construction like any other that aims to combine supreme luxury and sustainability. Designed by Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio (HAADS), the Eco-Floating Hotel (that’s the actual name of the project, at least for the time being) presents itself as a man-made island floating off the coast.
It will be connected to the mainland by a long pier, but access to the floating island will also be possible by air and by water since it has both its own helipad and port on surrounding pier extensions. These will serve as accessories to the main area, that of the luxury hotel, which spins in place to generate energy.
Designer Envisions Breathtaking Floating Research Station That Cleans the Ocean, Harnesses Tidal Energy
A Slovakian designer has been named the winner of the 2020 Grand Prix Award for her ingenious floating research station. Not only does the station have a sleek, beautiful design, but it also has the ability to clean the ocean’s waters.
Lenka Petráková tackled a huge issue with her design concept: she decided to create a structure with the potential to reduce ocean pollution while educating visitors.
The design is named “The 8th Continent,” after the growing, gigantic mass of waste in the Pacific Ocean.
According to Petráková, this trash gyre is so large, it’s the size of a continent.