Soon a floating city with a capacity of 4000 inhabitants

It's in Japan that this crazy project could see the light of day.

Imagine a bubble that can accommodate 4000 residents and 1000 visitors. This 500m diameter bubble could house all the elements of a city: shops, hotels, offices and housing. Made of concrete with a transparent dome, the structure could move along an axis to descend into the abyss... at more than 4000 m.

Several organizations such as the University of Tokyo or the Japanese Agency for Maritime Science and Technology have participated in the development of the concept. A 20 billion euro project, but it will be necessary to wait until 2030 for the technology to allow its construction, specify the visionary engineers of Shimizu.

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