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Seascraper

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65:"...The Seascraper is essentially a floating city, it will consist of homes, commercial space, recreation areas, and produce all of the energy necessary to support these functions. Seascrapers will be located where deep sea current is adequate for the production of power, for example, the Gulf Stream. Tethered to the hull, turbines will reach to depths ranging from 800 - 1200ft and harvest ocean currents. A flexible photovoltaic skin will also generate a large amount of energy. The concave shape of the seascraper not only allows light to penetrate to the lower levels, but collects and processes rainwater..." 24:, is a proposed large building which will function as a floating city. It would generate its own energy through wave, wind, current, solar, etc. and produce its own food through farming, aquaculture, hydroponics, etc. The term "Seascraper" is an analogous derivative of " 54:, which would stretch 400 meters deep and over a kilometer across. It is designed to house over 2000 people, and be completely self-sufficient, producing its own food and electricity. It was designed by the firm Zigloo.ca, as a submission to 47:
which would float in the ocean with only the top few stories out of water. It would house thousands of people and be self-contained, growing its own food and generating its own energy.
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A seascraper concept was proposed and described by William Erwin and Dan Fletcher in the 2009 Evolo Skyscraper Competition, where they stated:
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specializes in "amphibious" buildings, some floating and some using other systems to adapt to wet environments. In 2010 Architect
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from architecture firm SA Squared or Sarly Adre Sarkum Architecture proposed a building about the size of the
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Concept Waterscraper Brings Monumental Architecture Into The Open Sea
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Another design concept for a mostly submerged structure is
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Skyscraper
Netherlands
Sarly Adre Sarkum
Malaysia
Empire State Building
The Gyre-Seascraper
eVolo
Freedom Ship
Ocean colonization
Seasteading
Very large floating structure


"Water-Scraper: Underwater Architecture"
eVolo Architecture Magazine
INTERVIEW: Koen Olthuis of WaterStudio.nl
Inhabitat
"SA Squared Staff pages"


Concept Waterscraper Brings Monumental Architecture Into The Open Sea
Popular Science
The Gyre: A Floating Upside Down Eco Skyscraper
"Seascraper – Floating City - eVolo | Architecture Magazine"
"SeaScraper | William Erwin"
"The Water-Scraper: I would live on it without a huge eco-disaster" - Coolest Gadgets
"Gorgeous waterscrapers: habitat for the coming Waterworld" - DVICE
"Gyre SeaScraper Design Concept" - Zigloo.ca
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Skyscrapers

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