Maldives Floating City reinvents living in a water world

Abstract

Maldives Floating City is the first development of a new era for sustainable living. The new city's roads and water canals were inspired by the grid pattern of a brain coral, a type of coral that looks like the shape of a human brain. Maldives Floating City is a development of Dutch Docklands in partnership with the Government of Maldives. The floating city also offers the possibility to obtain a residence permit with the purchase of a house, which means internationals can live here semi permanently in Maldives. The Maldives Floating City also has green technology, including a smart grid that responds to dynamic demand, weather and climate change. All in all, the city aims to create new habitat for the marine ecosystem it is built on rather than destroying it. New artificial coral banks will be attached to the underside of the city, which can help coral attach and grow naturally.