FAIRYTALE OF THE FUTURE FLOATING CITY
Student: Yuliia Surova First Supervisor: Peter Ruge Second Supervisor: Ivan Kucina
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INTRODUCTION Fairytale of the future floating city
Once upon a time the group of researchers decided to make an experiment. Experiment with their lives, with the idea of the climate change, the experiment in the style of living. Change their everyday life for the better changes in the whole world. They decided to establish an experimental village, near the Iceland coast to observe the glaciers and their deaths. The question was how to make experiment clearer and more honest, so it was made a decision to make it on the water for the experience for future generations in different parts of the world, when the water level will rise to the critical point and millions people will lose their homes. Experiment starts with a lot of questions what why and how. Through the fairytale all the answers would be gotten.
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CONTENT Fairytale of the future floating city
1. Climate of Vikings 2. Land of ice and fire 3. Ch-ch-ch-changes 4. Brave researchers 5. Shape of you 6. Urban 7. Circles on the water 8. Light me up 9. Material world 10. Habitable balloon 11. We have a plan 12. Come together 13. Look! 14. Bright future 15. P.S.
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Polar climate is rough climate conditions to any species that live in this area - animals, plants, humans - just selected can survive. It is a zone of low temperatures, strong winds and few alive creatures. It is an extreme point. That is why it is so interesting to go deep of this topic and create a new living unit, new typology of architecture according to this nasty environment.
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Explanation diagram of the cold temperatures in polar climate zone:
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CHAPTER 2 Land of ice and fire
Iceland is a beautiful country, with rich nature - a lot of volcanoes, green mountains, cold glaciers and very open people. The land of ice and fire got its name because of the paradox of the earth. The cold climate does not disturb the burning character of the geysers and volcanoes. This country has mystery and fairytales about the magic creature that live there. The population of the country now it is only 360 thousand people, but this nation is proud to be offspring of Vikings. They have their own language, traditions and specific food. They survive in rough cold conditions, but keep their heart warm.
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CHAPTER 3 Ch-ch-ch-changes
Global warming is real. We need to admit. Glaciers are melting, sea level is raising and average temperature all over the world is getting higher. The question already not how to stop it, but how to adapt to it and preserve that parts, that still survive. This will be a big task for architects - to create new typology of settlements, new units. Each climate zone will need the update.
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The idea of the floating city
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CHAPTER 4 Brave researchers
After brave researchers decided to choose Iceland, as a location for the future floating city, they started to create a program for it. Iceland was chosen, because in polar climate (tundra) the changes were the most visible and rapid. The city should be established on the water to create a prototype, to test this kind of living and share the experience. Still it was a lot of questions - how big the city will be, how many people will come, what kind of public spaces they, which infrastructure etc. But smart researchers were not afraid to face the problems, so they develop the idea of the future floating city.
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CHAPTER 5 Shape of you
“Of all the solids having a given volume, the sphere is the one with the smallest surface area; of all solids having a given surface area, the sphere is the one having the greatest volume. It follows from isoperimetric inequality. These properties define the sphere uniquely and can be seen in soap bubbles: a soap bubble will enclose a fixed volume, and surface tension minimizes its surface area for that volume. A freely floating soap bubble therefore approximates a sphere (though such external forces as gravity will slightly distort the bubble’s shape).”
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CHAPTER 6 Urban outfitters
The location of the future floating city was chosen by several criteria: - territory should be near the water (coast line); - the glacier near it is a must; - close to the transportation nodes; - not far from famous touristic places; - far from the big cities. Through this criteria area was found on the South-East coast of Iceland close to the biggest glacier Vatnajรถkull. Urban planning is a base part for every city, so here the story of the project actually starts...
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The location of the future floating city territory
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CHAPTER 7 Circles on the water
The conceptual masterplan of the city is based on two ideas: - circles on the water - Icelandic magical stave After that masterplan was developed with ideas stability and organizing a comfortable space on the water for citizens. From each unit it is possible to walk to any point in the city. It can be seen, that masterplan has a huge network of paths. It made with a purpose, because people stop to move a lot. Using car (in this case boat) is much more comfortable, than walking. So in the future floating city people will walk and breathe with a fantastic Icelandic air. Also, water transportation by boats is existing. It was taken in consideration the transportation nodes and place for parking of transport devices.
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ร gishjรกlmur Helm of Awe (or Helm of Terror); to induce fear, protect the warrior, and prevail in battle.
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CHAPTER 8 Light your fire up
In sustainable city the energy generation and consumption is very important issue. Using the natural recourse city need to be independent through well-known technics as solar energy and brand new as energy from snow. Iceland is unique country in case of electricity and heating, because almost all buildings are getting them from geothermal water sources and hydro-electricity (chapter 2 “Land of ice and fire�). In this country solar energy will be used during long summers, snow energy during the winter and wind energy permanently, especially near the cost. The last, but not the least the hydro energy consumption also exists in the project.
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CHAPTER 9 Material world
The material world is changing everyday. Something that was not possible couple years ago is existing now. New bio materials are coming to the market and soon, I believe, will bit the usual plastic ones. Progress is coming so rapidly, that even today we already have biofoam, biopackaging or eatable straws for drink. As a sustainable city all the materials that would be used in the construction will be organic, bio and recyclable. For now it is sounds impossible, because new materials do not have good properties and exist on the testing stage, but future is coming. Due to these thoughts, one of the laboratories in the city will be working on the research of new sustainable materials. Researchers from all over the world will come to exchange experience and change the future material world for better.
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The project Post-Fuel considers coal not as fuel, but rather as a material. It has good fire and UV resistance.
Reed ia an unique material, which is durable, because it is amenable to rotting. It is waterproof (in case of covering) and due to it special tubular strucrurre the material can resist sharp temperature changes. Alos, it is a natural heat insulation.
Limestone paper is made out of limestone leftovers and chalk. The material is waterproof and applicable for the writing and printing. The process is requiring less water usage and no wooden details.
Kuii is a 100% biodegradable upcycled fruit-based biopolymer. Has similar characteristics to rubber such as flexibility, versatility, mouldability.
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Coffee polymer
Algae foam
Bio-thermoplastic elastomer
Algae foam is a flexible foam that is made from harvested algae. Algae is the fastest growing plant on Earth. Biomass from algae is high in protein and has natural thermoplastic qualities. Thus, algae is a filler with polymer-like characteristics.
Dryflex Green is a family of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds containing raw materials from renewable resources such as plant and vegetable crops. Properties are: flexibility, soft-touch feel, suitability for injection moulding & extrusion.
Coffee polymer is a material consisting of 30% coffee grounds and 70 other biobased raw materials. There are three versions available The Espresso, The Cappuccino and The Americano Polymer. Each of them has different properties.
Biofoam
Scoby packaging material
BioFoam is a biobased foam which is made from vegetable materials. The material the first foam to have an organic base. BioFoam can be reused endlessly without the loss of quality. It is lightweight and durable.
Scoby packaging is a biological, fully edible, fully recyclable solution that can be grown by producers to wrap their products. The basis of the material is scoby, the living home for bacteria and yeast used to make kombucha tea. Material world
Images and information about materials is taken from https://materialdistrict.com/
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Conclusion
With an idea to create the city from all the bio materials, it can be built in 5-10 years from now. The project itself is half utopian, but near future utopian. Nowadays, new testing materials are upcoming everyday. As it can be seen in the table of this chapter, with this potential material world would be sharply changed.
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CHAPTER 10 Habitable balloon
Looking to the history of the inflatable structure it is can be noticed, that they are created mainly for the temporary attendance inside them. For the future floating city the structure of the bubbles should be appropriate to live there, that is why was created a hybrid of two wellknown systems - air supported structures and air inflatable structure. Also, the shell of the sphere is modified to get the energy from sun and wind.
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CHAPTER 11 We have a plan
After creating a shape of the sphere as a living unit came a question of an arrangement. How to make people live there comfortable, how to satisfied all their wishes about new homes. The circle plan has a huge potential and variety of options. In this chapter you will meet some future inhabitants of the future floating city and see their brand new homes.
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CHAPTER 12 Come together
Community spaces are important part of every “healthy� city. People need to gather and socialize. Each space can be a platform for meeting people, small talks and exchange any news. That is why the future floating city has a variety of public spaces. First of all, each district has five community gardens, which is playing a role of leisure, learning and growing organic products. Also, every module has a playground, which is very important for the children to start to socialize. Furthermore, the city has a market, cafes, laboratories, educational centers and sport activities. Functions of these public spaces create a community and friendly atmosphere for people who live there.
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CHAPTER 13 Look!
The brand new city is something that the world has not seen before. New residential units, configuration of the city and the climate change approach will attract people from all over the world to experience this new lifestyle. Of course, students and researchers are welcome to live in the city and be a part of the community. On the other hand, tourists are welcome as well to see how the city lives. Also, Iceland as a beautiful country attracts visitors to enjoy unique nature and amazing views. Future floating city is prepared for this. Due to the program, there is a hotel with 73 rooms and special observation points called “lollipops�, because of their form.
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The idea of hotel structure came from the fractal system.
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CHAPTER 14 Bright future
The city is created as a module that can grow according to the needs in capability. This project has a potential to save millions of lives. City can be in different parts of the world. Due to the system of inflatable structure, air that send to the bubbles can be any temperature. In cold countries – warm air, in hot climates – cool air. With the same idea it is possible to create a preservation system - air in bubbles can be controlled, so in polar climate, if the average temperature will still raising up, bubbles with cold air inside can help animal and plants species to survive.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my gratitude to my first supervisor Peter Ruge, my second supervisor Ivan Kucina, to my “third mentor” Gary Chong, “forth mentor” Adib Khaeez, to my parents for all the support and my lovely friends, especially Masha and E. Thank you! We made it happened.
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