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Face à la montée des eaux, les villes flottantes sont-elles une solution viable ?

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Vivre sur l’eau? A travers le monde, plusieurs projets de villes flottantes se présentent comme des solutions à la montée des océans provoquée par le réchauffement climatique, malgré quelques doutes sur leur viabilité.

Au Salon mondial de l’immobilier Mipim, qui a débuté mardi et s’achèvera vendredi à Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), un prototype de ville flottante aux Maldives concourt pour remporter un prix du meilleur grand projet. Cette cité n’a pas encore de nom mais consistera, assurent ses concepteurs, en un assemblage de plateformes flottantes au milieu d’un lagon de cet archipel dans l’océan Indien. Quelque 5.000 maisons colorées devraient s’y dresser.”Une ville flottante n’est pas un luxe, c’est une nécessité” pour ce pays insulaire dont l’existence même est menacée par le réchauffement climatique et la montée des océans, affirme à l’AFP Paul van de Camp, chef de l’entreprise néerlandaise Dutch Docklands, promoteur du projet. Et la capitale, Malé, où plus de 150.000 habitants se pressent sur un atoll de 8 km2 entièrement urbanisé, est complètement saturée, rappelle-t-il.Il ne s’attarde pas sur les caractéristiques techniques précises du projet, qui seront présentées officiellement au printemps par le président des Maldives. Ni sur leur coût. Mais il promet que le financement sera assuré et assure que les contraintes techniques ne sont pas rédhibitoires.”Il y a de très gros acteurs mondiaux qui nous ont aidés avec des systèmes pour l’énergie, les égouts, l’eau, l’électricité, qui ont été bien testés et sont relativement innovants”, assure Paul van de Camp.Il espère que le chantier sera terminé en 2027 au plus tard et assure avoir été approché pour répliquer l’expérience par “plusieurs pays”, sans préciser lesquels.

Des doutes sur la viabilité des projets

Il existe déjà des bâtiments flottants à travers le monde, de même que des villages traditionnels de pêcheurs sont construits sur l’eau, en Amazonie, Thaïlande ou Indonésie, souligne Paul van de Camp. Mais aucun projet moderne et de cette ampleur n’a encore vu le jour.Un autre est en préparation à Busan (Corée du Sud), piloté par l’entreprise Oceanix et soutenu par l’ONU-Habitat. Là aussi, les détails techniques, le coût, etc. n’ont pas encore été dévoilés. Ils le seront officiellement en avril, explique à l’AFP Itai Madamombe, fondatrice d’Oceanix. L’objectif est d’avoir terminé le chantier fin 2025.Des doutes subsistent cependant sur la viabilité de telles constructions.Pour Ayça Kirimtat, chercheuse à l’université tchèque de Hradec Kralove qui a longuement étudié les villes flottantes, l’obstacle économique est difficile à surmonter. “Construire de très grandes structures flottantes au-dessus du niveau de la mer coûte beaucoup plus cher que des immeubles normaux sur la terre”, explique-t-elle à l’AFP.Energie, transports, services, nourriture… la quantité de paramètres à prendre en compte est énorme, souligne-t-elle.”Je ne crois pas qu’il y ait un problème de technologie”, pense de son côté Nicholas Makris, professeur spécialiste des océans au Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). “C’est plutôt l’efficacité économique. Réussir à tout faire d’une façon réalisable et viable économiquement”, dit-il.Quelque chose de possible dans un endroit suffisamment protégé des évènements climatiques extrêmes et des conditions hostiles de la haute mer.

‘Votre maison est toujours au-dessus du niveau de la mer”

Ce qui pourrait, in fine, rendre les villes flottantes attractives est la montée des eaux, qui menace les Etats insulaires mais aussi toutes les villes côtières, pense Chien Ming Wang, professeur de génie civil à l’université du Queensland (Australie).”Pour les villes côtières, si vous subissez les vagues et la montée des océans, vous n’avez pas d’autre choix que de supporter les dégâts et reconstruire. Donc c’est très coûteux”, explique ce spécialiste des villes flottantes, qui a été consulté pour le projet des Maldives.”Avec les villes et maisons flottantes, vous n’avez pas à vous préoccuper des inondations puisque votre maison est toujours au-dessus du niveau de la mer”.”On va voir les villes flottantes émerger partout dans le monde dans les dix ou vingt prochaines années”, prédit-il.

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Startschuss für die weltweit größte schwimmende Stadt

By Leadersnet
2022.March.15

Die Maldives Floating City soll bis 2027 errichtet werden. Eine Milliarde Dollar wird investiert.

Die bereits 2009, zunächst als Konzept, entwickelte Maldives Floating City soll in den kommenden Jahren realisiert werden. Sie soll aus rund 5.000 neuen Häusern, zwei Luxusresorts, einem Yachthafen und mehreren Einkaufszentren bestehen. Eine Milliarde Dollar soll in das Vorhaben fließen.

Die schwimmende Stadt, deren Fertigstellung etwa fünf Jahre dauern soll, soll schlussendlich autark funtionieren und auch Krankenhäuser, Schulen und vielfältige Freizeiteinrichtungen umfassen. Erneuerbare Energiequellen sollen alle Bereiche mit Strom versorgen, ganz im Sinne der Regierung, die Malediven bis 2030 zu einer Nation mit Zero Emissions zu machen.

Optisch präsentiert sich die City bunt, wobei die geometrischen Muster Korallen widerspiegeln sollen. Erste Preise sind bereits durchgesickert: Eine 100 Quadratmeter Wohnung wird 250.000 Euro kosten. Ausländische Käufer bekommen angeblich eine permanente Aufenthaltsgenehmigung.

Um die Lagunenwellen zu reduzieren, wird das Bauvorhaben von einem Ring von Barriereinseln umgeben sein, die auch als Wellenbrecher wirken sollen. Mehr als 80 Prozent der Fläche des Landes liegen weniger als einen Meter über dem Meeresspiegel. Die Malediven gehören damit zu den Ländern, die am stärksten vom steigenden Meeresspiegel bedroht sind. Die Hauptinsel Malé wurde schon um ein Viertel vergrößert, auch für die Flughafeninsel Hulhule sowie die Insel Hulhumalé, auf der ebenso ein ganz neuer Stadtteil entsteht, wurden bereits Aufschüttungen vorgenommen.

“Best Future Mega Project”

Das Projekt Maldives Floating City wird auf der Mipim Immobilienmesse in Cannes präsentiert und ist auch für einen Award in der Kategorie “Best Future Mega Project” nominiert. (jw)

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Die schwimmende Stadt auf den Malediven stellt sich der Herausforderung des steigenden Meeresspiegels

By Jonathan Kearney
Maldives Traveller
2022.Feb.28

Da der Anstieg des Meeresspiegels auf den Malediven ein heißes Thema ist, schreiten die Pläne für ein einzigartiges und äußerst ehrgeiziges neues Infrastrukturprojekt voran.

Das 1-Milliarde-Dollar-Projekt Maldives Floating City schreitet voran und der Baubeginn ist für diesen Monat geplant.

Das Projekt wird die erste schwimmende Stadt der Welt sein, und die Malediven gelten als ideales Ziel für die Einführung eines solchen innovativen Projekts.

Die 2009 zunächst als Konzept entwickelte Maldives Floating City wird aus rund 5.000 neuen Häusern, zwei Luxusresorts, einem Yachthafen und Einkaufszentren bestehen.

Die schwimmende Stadt, deren Fertigstellung etwa fünf Jahre dauern soll, wird schließlich auch Einrichtungen wie Krankenhäuser, Schulen und Freizeiteinrichtungen umfassen.

Alle Wohnungen werden direkt am Wasser liegen und jeweils zwischen 83 und 140 m² groß sein.

Angesichts des steigenden Meeresspiegels, der die Existenz der Malediven bedroht, soll das Design der schwimmenden Stadt diese Risiken abmildern.

Die schwimmende Stadt wird aus sechseckigen Segmenten bestehen, die die geometrischen Muster der einheimischen Korallen widerspiegeln.

Die Siedlung wird von einem Ring von Barriereinseln umgeben und verbunden sein, die unter Wasser als Wellenbrecher wirken, um die Auswirkungen der Lagunenwellen zu reduzieren und die Strukturen an der Oberfläche zu stabilisieren.

Das Projekt wird von Dutch Dockland durchgeführt, das bereits Tausende von schwimmenden Häusern in den Niederlanden gebaut hat.

Die schwimmende Stadt wird in einer 200 Hektar großen Warmwasserlagune errichtet, die nur 10 Minuten mit dem Boot von der Hauptstadt Male und ihrem internationalen Flughafen entfernt ist.

Die Projektverantwortlichen sagen, dass die Wohnungen in der Siedlung erschwinglich sein werden.

Im Vorfeld der Bauarbeiten, die noch in diesem Monat beginnen sollen, haben die Ingenieure eine Bewertung des Bodens und des Zustands des Riffs vorgenommen.

Es wurde eine Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung durchgeführt, und das Projekt wurde von der Umweltschutzbehörde genehmigt.

Als niedrig gelegenes Land, das zu 99 % aus Wasser besteht, gehören die Malediven zu den Ländern, die am stärksten vom steigenden Meeresspiegel bedroht sind.

Mehr als 80 % der Fläche des Landes liegen weniger als 1 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel.

Es wird behauptet, dass das Land in den nächsten Jahrzehnten angeblich nicht mehr existieren wird, wenn nicht drastischere Maßnahmen ergriffen werden, um die Auswirkungen des sogenannten Klimawandels zu bekämpfen.

Innovative Projekte wie die schwimmende Stadt sind Teil der kontinuierlichen Bemühungen um ökologische Nachhaltigkeit, da die Malediven nach Lösungen suchen, um die Auswirkungen eines potenziellen Klimawandels zu bekämpfen.

Die Regierung sagt, dass die schwimmende Stadt es den Menschen ermöglichen wird, auf dem Wasser zu leben, ohne die Umwelt zu beeinträchtigen, anstatt Land neu zu gewinnen. Es werden zudem neue Riffe gezüchtet, die als Wellenbrecher für die Entwicklung dienen sollen.

Ein Netz von Brücken, Kanälen und Docks wird den Zugang zu den verschiedenen Segmenten ermöglichen und Geschäfte, Wohnungen und Dienstleistungen in der Lagune auf umweltverträgliche Weise miteinander verbinden.

Erneuerbare Energiequellen werden die schwimmende Stadt mit Strom versorgen, ganz im Sinne des Ziels der Regierung, die Malediven bis 2030 zu einer Nation mit null Emissionen zu machen.

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Bison Maldives signs contract with Dutch Docklands Maldives

By Theodore Koumelis
Travel daily News
2022.Feb.15

MALE – Bison Maldives signed a contract with Dutch Docklands Maldives for the construction of the first homes in Maldives Floating City — a new, floating development of 5,000 homes being constructed in a lagoon five minutes speedboat ride from Male’.

The first houses will enable people to visit the site and get a real world look and feel for the new housing development.

Maldives Floating City uses the latest technology from the Netherlands, where engineers have already completed floating housing projects. The 5,000 housing units will be tethered to the lagoon floor, and linked together to create a safe and comfortable environment.

The first houses will be ready after Ramadan, and tours for members of the public will commence shortly afterwards. The houses are being constructed locally, to specifications designed by engineers from the Netherlands.

Bison Maldives is a major resort construction company based in Maldives. With over two decades’ experience in the construction business, Bison Maldives has built luxury resorts such as Cocoon Maldives , You & Me by Cocoon and properties for Atmosphere group as well. Abdul Majeed, Founder and Managing Director of Bison said: “Bison Maldives is delighted to be part of this ground-breaking housing project and we look forward to delivering the first houses on time.” Commenting on the contract signing, Maldives Floating City director Ibrahim Riyaz said: “We are excited to start the physical construction of Maldives Floating City, after months of painstaking legal and technical work to prepare for this world class and affordable housing development. I look forward to taking members of the public to the first houses, so they can see the project for themselves. In such an innovative development, seeing is believing.”

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Bison Maldives signs contract to build first homes in Floating City

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2022.Feb.12

Bison Maldives has signed a contract with Dutch Docklands Maldives to build the first homes in Maldives Floating City.

Maldives Floating City is a new floating development of 5,000 homes. Being built in a lagoon a five-minute speedboat ride away from Male’ City, designed by Waterstudio.

Bison Maldives signed the contract for the construction of the first homes under the project on Wednesday, February 9.

Bison Maldives said the first homes will be ready after Ramadan, and tours for members of the general public will commence shortly afterwards. Offering a real world look and feel for the new housing development.

The company said the homes were being built locally, to specifications designed by Dutch engineers.

Maldives Floating City uses the latest technology the Netherlands, where engineers have already completed floating housing projects.

An illustration of Maldives Floating City.

Bison Maldives said the 5,000 homes will be tethered to the lagoon floor. And linked together to create a safe and comfortable environment.

Founder and Managing Director of Bison Maldives, Abdul Majeed said the company was delighted to be part of the ground-breaking housing project.

“Bison Maldives is delighted to be part of this ground-breaking housing project and we look forward to delivering the first homes on time,” he said.

Meanwhile, Maldives Floating City’s Director Ibrahim Riyaz said they looked forward to taking members of the public to see the first homes.

“We are excited to start the physical construction of Maldives Floating City. After months of painstaking legal and technical work to prepare for this world class and affordable housing development. I look forward to taking members of the public to the first houses, so they can see the project for themselves. In such an innovative development, seeing is believing,” he said.

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Threatened by rising sea levels, the Maldives is building a floating city

how part of the Maldives Floating City is expected to look — This floating city could help reduce climate change.

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The waterfront residences will float on a flexible grid across a 200-hectare lagoon.
Such innovative developments could prove vital in helping atoll nations, such as the Maldives, fight the impact of climate change.
Dutch company is also testing the technology in the Netherlands.

The atoll nation of Maldives is creating an innovative floating city that mitigates the effects of climate change and stays on top of rising sea levels.

The Maldives Floating City is designed by Netherlands-based Dutch Docklands and will feature thousands of waterfront residences and services floating along a flexible, functional grid across a 200-hectare lagoon.

Such a development is particularly vital for countries such as Maldives – an archipelago of 25 low-lying coral atolls in the Indian Ocean that is also the lowest-lying nation in the world.

More than 80% of the country’s land area lies at less than one metre above sea level – meaning rising sea levels and coastal erosion pose a threat to its very existence.

image of the Maldives Floating City — Inspired by nature.

Image: Maldives Floating City (gallery)

Sustainable design

Developed with the Maldives government, the first-of-its kind “island city” will be based in a warm-water lagoon just 10 minutes by boat from the capital Male and its international airport.

Dutch Docklands worked with urban planning and architecture firm Waterstudio, which is developing floating social housing in the Netherlands, to create a water-based urban grid built to evolve with the changing needs of the country.

Maldives thrives on tourism and the same coral reefs that attract holiday makers also provide the inspiration for much of the development. The hexagon-shaped floating segments are, in part, modelled on the distinctive geometry of local coral.

These are connected to a ring of barrier islands, which act as breakers below the water, thereby lessening the impact of lagoon waves and stabilizing structures on the surface.

“The Maldives Floating City does not require any land reclamation, therefore has a minimal impact on the coral reefs,” says Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, speaker of parliament and Climate Vulnerable Forum Ambassador for Ambition.

“What’s more, giant new reefs will be grown to act as water breakers. Our adaptation to climate change mustn’t destroy nature but work with it, as the Maldives Floating City proposes. In the Maldives, we cannot stop the waves, but we can rise with them.”

image of how the Maldives floating city is expected to look — Construction on the floating city is expected to start next year.

Image: Maldives Floating City (gallery)

Affordable homes

The islands’ seafaring past also influenced the design of the buildings, which will all be low-rise and face the sea.

A network of bridges, canals and docks will provide access across the various segments and connect shops, homes and services across the lagoon.

Construction is due to start in 2022 and the development will be completed in phases over the next five years – with a hospital and school eventually being built.

Renewable energy will power the city through a smart grid and homes will be priced from $250,000 in a bid to attract a wide range of buyers including local fishermen, who have called the area home for centuries.

Rising sea levels

In March, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned that oceans were under threat like never before and emphasized the increasing risk of rising sea levels.

Around 40% of the global population live within 100 kilometres of the coast.

WMO Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas said there was an “urgent need” to protect communities from coastal hazards, such as waves, storm surge and sea level rise via multi-hazard warning systems and forecasting.

Atoll nations are even more at risk than other island-based countries, with the Maldives one of just a handful – alongside Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands in the Pacific – that have built societies on the coral-and-sand rims of sunken volcanoes.

So-called king tides – which can wash over parts of habitable land – and the storms that drive them are getting higher and more intense due to climate change.

Connecting communities for ocean resilience

The World Economic Forum, Friends of Ocean Action and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean will explore how to take bold action for a healthy, resilient and thriving seas during the Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2021 on 25-27 May.

The online event will focus on the vital importance of mainstreaming the ocean in global environment-focused forums and summits – from climate and biodiversity, to food and science.

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Maldives floating city planned to combat sea level rise

By Dive Magazine
2021.May.07

overhead view of floating maldives city model — The Maldives Floating City is designed to resemble the hexagonal structure of brain coral (Image: Maldives Floating City)

Radical plans to develop an environmentally-friendly floating city in the Maldives have been announced by the Netherlands-based engineering firm Dutch Docklands.

Officially named Maldives Floating City (MFC), the development, which is being planned in cooperation with the government of the Maldives will be set in a lagoon location situated 10 minutes from the Maldivian capital, Malé

According to a Dutch Docklands press release, the ‘first-of-its-kind “island city”‘ will offer ‘ a revolutionary approach to modern sustainable living perched against a backdrop of the azure Indian Ocean… a futuristic dreamscape finally poised to become reality.’

The project has been in development for more than a decade and plans to feature thousands of waterfront residences floating along a flexible grid spread across the 200-hectare lagoon. MFC’s design will be ‘inspired by traditional Maldivian sea-faring culture’ and the homes will be eventually joined by hotels, restaurants, boutiques, and a ‘world-class’ marina.

MFC is a response to the existential threat of sea-level rise posed by climate change. As one of the lowest-lying countries in the world, much of it less than 2 metres above sea level, the Maldives is widely recognised as one of the countries in most danger of becoming uninhabitable in future years.

‘As a nation at the front lines of global warming, the Maldives is perfectly positioned to reimagine how humankind will survive — and, indeed, thrive — in the face of rising seas and coastal erosion,’ said a Dutch Docklands representative. ‘By leading in this effort, the Maldives not only lays the groundwork for combatting its own climate challenges, but provides a viable blueprint for other nations to follow.’

The developers are keen to play down the potential for environmental damage that the floating city might cause. The visible parts of the city above the surface are modelled on coral formations and will be connected to the barrier islands, which in turn serve as breakwaters for the lagoon. The company stress that, because the city is floating, damage to the reef will be minimal.

‘MFC does not require any land reclamation, therefore has a minimal impact on the coral reefs,’ said former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. ‘Our adaption to climate change mustn’t destroy nature but work with it, as the MFC proposes. In the Maldives, we cannot stop the waves, but we can rise with them.;

Construction is expected to begin in 2022 and will be carried out in phases over the next five years. The first sea-front units are expected to be priced from $250,000, and will be available to foreign investors and Maldives residents alike.

‘With its unique location in a paradisiacal setting, next to President’s Island — and full support of the Government of Maldives — we are extremely proud to launch the first Floating City in the world,’ said Paul HTM van de Camp, CEO of Dutch Docklands. ‘This will be an amazing place where locals and foreigners can buy their dream property at affordable prices.’

Maldives Floating City

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The future of Maldives is floating into sight

By Travel Weekly Asia
2021.March.17

The Maldives is poised to set a world first with the inauguration of its Floating City, which will offer thousands of waterfront residences floating alongside a functional gridwork within a 200-hectare lagoon.

In collaboration with Netherlands-based Dutch Docklands, the warm-water lagoon 10 minutes by boat from the Maldivian capital and Male International Airport has been in the making for more than a decade.

The Maldives Floating City (MFC) is envisioned as a development that would mitigate the effects of climate change and rising sea levels, featuring traditional Maldivian architecture and eco-friendly construction.

Urban-planning and architecture firm Waterstudio is responsible for creating the on-water urban grid. Which is flexible enough to evolve along with its changing inhabitants and global visitors. Buildings will be low-rise flanked by palm-lined streets, with shops, services and homes linked by a network of bridges, canals and docks.

Also joining the MFC homes are hotels, F&B, retail, a marina, hospital, school and government buildings.

“MFC does not require any land reclamation, therefore has a minimal impact on the coral reefs.” Said Mohamed Nasheed, who served as president of the Maldives from 2008- 2012, and is also speaker of parliament and CVF ambassador of Ambition.

“What’s more, giant, new reefs will be grown to act as water breakers. Our adaption to climate change mustn’t destroy nature but work with it, as the MFC proposes. In the Maldives we cannot stop the waves, but we can rise with them.”

Already in the tail end of planning stages, construction for MFC will begin in 2022 and will be completed in phases over the next half decade.

Please have a look on the project website: www.maldivesfloatingcity.com for more information about the project.

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