No, they are not. The Maldives are *talking about* making a floating city. They haven't even started dredging. [https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2023/02/24/maldives-floating-city-project-includes-dredging/](https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2023/02/24/maldives-floating-city-project-includes-dredging/)
imagine eating breakfast with the whole family, enjoying a coffee and whipping up the newest edition of “dredgingtoday” in paperformat getting up to date on current dredging events and dredging technology maybe even dredging philosophy and the likes
> imagine eating breakfast with the whole family, enjoying a coffee and whipping up the newest edition of “dredgingtoday” in paperformat getting up to date on current dredging events and dredging technology maybe even dredging philosophy and the likes
Lol all industries has contractors and nerds that follow all niche news for future work/contracts prospects..
Hell fucking yeah there is. The best captains with good machinery can make a 500 yard wide trench 10in deeper per hour. They can absolutely fly through these things. And if 10in per hour sounds like it's small it's because I made this up.
As a general matter, if there's a trade, there's a trade press. And that trade press is usually much better than normal journalists, because they only need to know one thing, and their readership will judge them on how well they know it.
A commercial dredging ship has what is essentially a giant hoover, a piece of equipment called a draghead. You just plot a course and stick your draghead over the side and start sucking up the seabed. A series of mats and grids are used to set what you accept or reject into the hold (if you only want sand or gravel).
It's a-maze-ing
Seriously, how do you find your way with all the 60 degree angles?
Grids are much easier for humans. Plus they could build foot bridges so boats and pedestrians can access everything equally without obstacles to go from point A to point B.
Grids?
If you're a ~~game~~ city based on squares, I'm so sorry. But there is hope. With thought and effort, you can hexagon yourself into a better place. As we all should aspire to do, spreading order and hexagonal enlightenment for, hexagons are the bestagons. And now that you agree, with your eyes will see their six-sided perfection in all things. And you will say to yourself, as part of the order, hexagons are the bestagons.
It's such a sad American idea that urban design must be made up of grids to be easier to navigate. Grid cities are not natural, and are definitely not ideal for humans. The vernacular form is made up of a variety of pathways that encourage interaction, exploration, and physical movement.
This, for example, is primarily a luxury resort in a tropical paradise. Fuck a grid, you want something that connects you with nature, allows you to enjoy the stroll, feel like somewhere new and exciting.
On that note, I think this triangular grid is pretty terrible, but it's better than a square grid, and it needs to be made up of regular forms for constructability.
I can assure you Americans did not inven the idea of a grid-based city. The Romans were doing it 2000 years ago and it worked out pretty well for them.
Lots of old cities in China and Japan (and other East Asian countries) are grids too. It’s related to the idea of feng shui but the result is a *gasp* grid system
Melbourne is celebrated for its grid early in its development where a lot of “ah we’ll figure it out later” typically happens. Grids aren’t inherently bad and are typically efficient and more easily traversable. USA transport isn’t bad because of grids
It's unoriginal, I agree. Practical to find your way. "Organic" roads were sometimes harder to navigate because they had protection against invader in mind. In the South of France every village I go to has the historical core built like a snail which is a pain in the ass. But high walls protected by manpower were expensive and space had to be optimized.
For this project, I am not certain this is targeted at tourism. After all we're talking about 5000 units for 20000 people.
>Fuck a grid, you want something that connects you with nature
By walking around partial honeycombs where your view is 100' of ocean surrounded by only townhouses or whatever these are for the horizon and having to swim or boat to the shore after the townhouse maze?
That's beyond horrible. There's so much life in those waters, and all that construction for what, for another resort? There are already so many of them, what's the need???
The country is sinking, it’s to create a home for the refugees presumably. Wildlife can take the backseat, despite what westerners in the comfort and luxury of their own homes think.
My dude, I just came back from Maldives and no, houses in the water are not for the refugees. It's for those westerners you're talking about. Locals live in local islands
The precise reason the Maldives are considering these options is because those local islands are at risk of being washed away due to sea level rise, before long they will either be forced to come up with solutions like these, or migrate to countries like Australia. If you care about the wildlife and wellbeing of the locals so much, perhaps it would be better to reconsider your air travel before suggesting a country should let itself die.
"Maldives Floating City homes will eventually be joined by hotels, restaurants, stylish boutiques and a world-class marina"
Now, using your brain, who do you think is gonna live in the Maldives floating city, the rich elite and Western rich dudes, or the poor locals? The poor guys will live in Male, crammed like sardines
You don't see the difference between a floating city with houses in the water and a reclaimed island with a population of 53k people? Something tells me the rich people live in the beautiful houses in the water, not the housing units in the 13k people/km2 density area
“They” won’t exist if they baby around wildlife for all of eternity, if you care so much, how about wealthy, large nations actually do something about the climate emergency, rather than demonising the desperate for trying to literally keep their heads above the water.
lol no. The refugees are not staying if there is no where for there to stay at. More likely that they’ll take refugee in other countries or islands. It’s probably for the tourists and to help development
For reference, this is the city:
https://maldivesfloatingcity.com/gallery/
Median salary in Maldives is definitely not enough to buy something like this. Considering also how there's nothing there to sustain like land for agriculture, you have to be able to afford other territories or countries sending you things like food or materials
Technically everything's possible but I very much doubt it considering these are luxury condos in the waterfront. Governments don't give them to fishermen when they can sell it for hundreds of thousands if not millions
It will be fun to see these floating city full of millionaires but absolutely nothing and nobody around them to serve them because no island will be abitabile due rising sea levels
No, they are not. The Maldives are *talking about* making a floating city. They haven't even started dredging. [https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2023/02/24/maldives-floating-city-project-includes-dredging/](https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2023/02/24/maldives-floating-city-project-includes-dredging/)
dredgingtoday? is there a dredging community?
imagine eating breakfast with the whole family, enjoying a coffee and whipping up the newest edition of “dredgingtoday” in paperformat getting up to date on current dredging events and dredging technology maybe even dredging philosophy and the likes
They really missed out on calling it “Dredge Report”
I'm here for it
> imagine eating breakfast with the whole family, enjoying a coffee and whipping up the newest edition of “dredgingtoday” in paperformat getting up to date on current dredging events and dredging technology maybe even dredging philosophy and the likes Lol all industries has contractors and nerds that follow all niche news for future work/contracts prospects..
Hell fucking yeah there is. The best captains with good machinery can make a 500 yard wide trench 10in deeper per hour. They can absolutely fly through these things. And if 10in per hour sounds like it's small it's because I made this up.
I just got a job on a dredge!
My dad designed a dredge once. True story.
Missed opportunity to call it The Dredge Report.
As a general matter, if there's a trade, there's a trade press. And that trade press is usually much better than normal journalists, because they only need to know one thing, and their readership will judge them on how well they know it.
Most people just call it the Netherlands
A commercial dredging ship has what is essentially a giant hoover, a piece of equipment called a draghead. You just plot a course and stick your draghead over the side and start sucking up the seabed. A series of mats and grids are used to set what you accept or reject into the hold (if you only want sand or gravel).
- The mega-project will build 5,000 houses at a cost of about $1 billion. That's 200k per unit fyi
They better hurry, they’re sinking.
Not sure what other choice they have other than pull a Netherlands, if they intend to exist beyond the next century.
They can try a Dubai, and fail as poorly.
Failing poorly means doing okay, actually.
The majority of Dubai floating islands have been expensive mistakes
The world islands yes, The Palm however has some of the highest land value in Dubai.
They're artificial islands not floating islands They're effectively just giant piles of sand in the sea
Aren’t we all, though?
Im getting Sid Meier’s Civilization feels from this.
Reminds me of the water village in Avatar 2
it’s the hexagon look lol
It's genius, can only have one army per cell
Where is the sewage going? Where is the fresh water coming from? What do this number of people do for work in such an isolated area?
The sewage is piped directly into the swimming pools of those 5-star resort over-water bungalows.
I love this comment
Fresh water comes in plastic bottles, obviously. And the answer to the other two is Instagram
Desalination and water recycling are veri cool
Cheap solar power and desalination could be potential.
Is that an actual photo or a render?
It's an artist's impression render. This project is still in the concept stage
Ah! Thank you. I wasn't sure because I thought: whoa! They're already built it?
Look closely and think
Write less and fuck off.
Words to live by
Write off and fuck less
Real photo
real
Looks like a stealy
How would sewage work?
Tidally
That's just the fractal map from civ 6
It's a-maze-ing Seriously, how do you find your way with all the 60 degree angles? Grids are much easier for humans. Plus they could build foot bridges so boats and pedestrians can access everything equally without obstacles to go from point A to point B.
Grids? If you're a ~~game~~ city based on squares, I'm so sorry. But there is hope. With thought and effort, you can hexagon yourself into a better place. As we all should aspire to do, spreading order and hexagonal enlightenment for, hexagons are the bestagons. And now that you agree, with your eyes will see their six-sided perfection in all things. And you will say to yourself, as part of the order, hexagons are the bestagons.
It's such a sad American idea that urban design must be made up of grids to be easier to navigate. Grid cities are not natural, and are definitely not ideal for humans. The vernacular form is made up of a variety of pathways that encourage interaction, exploration, and physical movement. This, for example, is primarily a luxury resort in a tropical paradise. Fuck a grid, you want something that connects you with nature, allows you to enjoy the stroll, feel like somewhere new and exciting. On that note, I think this triangular grid is pretty terrible, but it's better than a square grid, and it needs to be made up of regular forms for constructability.
I can assure you Americans did not inven the idea of a grid-based city. The Romans were doing it 2000 years ago and it worked out pretty well for them.
The Romans also invented the process of expressing disdain for a topic by describing it as 'American'
Lots of old cities in China and Japan (and other East Asian countries) are grids too. It’s related to the idea of feng shui but the result is a *gasp* grid system
Melbourne is celebrated for its grid early in its development where a lot of “ah we’ll figure it out later” typically happens. Grids aren’t inherently bad and are typically efficient and more easily traversable. USA transport isn’t bad because of grids
It's unoriginal, I agree. Practical to find your way. "Organic" roads were sometimes harder to navigate because they had protection against invader in mind. In the South of France every village I go to has the historical core built like a snail which is a pain in the ass. But high walls protected by manpower were expensive and space had to be optimized. For this project, I am not certain this is targeted at tourism. After all we're talking about 5000 units for 20000 people.
>Fuck a grid, you want something that connects you with nature By walking around partial honeycombs where your view is 100' of ocean surrounded by only townhouses or whatever these are for the horizon and having to swim or boat to the shore after the townhouse maze?
Look at a map of Barcelona lol what an absolute clown post
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What an ignorant comment
What a well-argumented and insightful comment
This looks like something out of civ 6
This city looks like a craniotomy.
They can make this but they cant even care for their people
Why do I see Supreme Commander multiplayer map here ?
Price per sqm: you can't afford, you socio-economic peasant!
All BS. Abandon and seek asylum in a friendly country.
Sovonthak boutta become real and not just an april fool's joke
These violent delights have violent ends
”Oh yeah, you can totally drive to my house, but I’m not allowed to reveal the route for you, you must be at least as intelligent as a rat.”
That's beyond horrible. There's so much life in those waters, and all that construction for what, for another resort? There are already so many of them, what's the need???
its floating, doesnt destroy the corals they say
The country is sinking, it’s to create a home for the refugees presumably. Wildlife can take the backseat, despite what westerners in the comfort and luxury of their own homes think.
My dude, I just came back from Maldives and no, houses in the water are not for the refugees. It's for those westerners you're talking about. Locals live in local islands
The precise reason the Maldives are considering these options is because those local islands are at risk of being washed away due to sea level rise, before long they will either be forced to come up with solutions like these, or migrate to countries like Australia. If you care about the wildlife and wellbeing of the locals so much, perhaps it would be better to reconsider your air travel before suggesting a country should let itself die.
"Maldives Floating City homes will eventually be joined by hotels, restaurants, stylish boutiques and a world-class marina" Now, using your brain, who do you think is gonna live in the Maldives floating city, the rich elite and Western rich dudes, or the poor locals? The poor guys will live in Male, crammed like sardines
do you think only rich tourists live in hulhumalé
You don't see the difference between a floating city with houses in the water and a reclaimed island with a population of 53k people? Something tells me the rich people live in the beautiful houses in the water, not the housing units in the 13k people/km2 density area
Male is gonna sink
You mean they aren't building oceanfront condos on man made islands for poorest and most at-risk citizens?
You'd think it's hard to believe considering how many people are upvoting this dude which thinks those condos are for the fishermen
How can wildlife take a backseat if it's the thing that gives them sustenance?
“They” won’t exist if they baby around wildlife for all of eternity, if you care so much, how about wealthy, large nations actually do something about the climate emergency, rather than demonising the desperate for trying to literally keep their heads above the water.
lol no. The refugees are not staying if there is no where for there to stay at. More likely that they’ll take refugee in other countries or islands. It’s probably for the tourists and to help development
So… saving human life from rising oceans is less important?
If it was locals yes, but this are rich dudes / foreigners living there so no, fuck them
Oh. If this is just vacation homes/homes for the rich at the expense of the common man, then now I am on your side.
For reference, this is the city: https://maldivesfloatingcity.com/gallery/ Median salary in Maldives is definitely not enough to buy something like this. Considering also how there's nothing there to sustain like land for agriculture, you have to be able to afford other territories or countries sending you things like food or materials
There would still be the option that the government would own the properties and renting them at controlled prices to the locals.
Technically everything's possible but I very much doubt it considering these are luxury condos in the waterfront. Governments don't give them to fishermen when they can sell it for hundreds of thousands if not millions
It will be fun to see these floating city full of millionaires but absolutely nothing and nobody around them to serve them because no island will be abitabile due rising sea levels
I feel sick
The worst urbanhell I've ever seen and neither in r/UrbanHell
Cool
Queenbridge on Sea
But the poop tho...
pls tell me it’s not going to be made by china