Seastead Project

Published by Bogdan Alex, on May 20 2008, in the categories: News




If you think your condominium is the best thing that ever happened to your family and friends, check this home design right here. It’s almost like a big gadget… a gadget home.

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Patri Friedman and Wayne Gramlich’s are responsible for the Seasteading project, which was originally conceived as a way to experiment with “diverse social, political, and legal systems.” Can’t really figure out what all those aspects have to do with floating spars topped with habitats, communications relays and solar panels, gathered into huge suspended gadget homes. They say these structures can result into self-governing enclaves. The home design is actually based on the same ballasting system that some older oil rigs used.

Each Seastead construction consists of a concrete-reinforced main pillar and tethered ballast weights. Adjusting the water in the ballast raises or lowers the spar in the water, while the small cross-section makes it resistant to strong waves, if you ever decide to place one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Around 300 square feet of space on the upper platform can be used for residential purposes and the provided image even shows an Aeolian turbine that is able to provide the needed energy. Presumably there is enough room for many out-doors home appliances. Predicted costs are a few hundred million dollars to build a Seastead for a few thousand people, and the designers have already received a $500,000 donation from PayPal founder Peter Thiel.
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  • Dick Dongle said on 05/21/2008:

    Awesome! With wave and solar power and a fresh supply of fish this would make the ideal 'Green Home'. The underwater section could act as a reef habitat and you could have seal platforms and seabird rookeries. A neat solar power boat and a jet ski and you are set!

  • h20ho said on 05/21/2008:

    Cool concept. Currently there is a 'dream home' in the city of Bangkok that has gotten a lot of attention. The home provides it's own electricity, refuse recycling, water and fuel for the cars. It also can produce enough electricity to provide for the neighbours. http://www.palangthai.org/en/story/4

  • Top 5 Gadgets That Could Save The Planet! « Gadget Freaks said on 05/21/2008:

    [...] structure as a reef habitat. Patri Friedman and Wayne Gramlich’s are responsible for the Seasteading project, which was originally conceived as a way to experiment with “diverse social, political, and legal [...]

  • Sierra said on 05/22/2008:

    What about the 0-Carbon City in Dubai?

  • dan said on 05/24/2008:

    http://pcillu101.blogspot.com

    as mentioned in NEW YORK TIMES

    see link above

    can you blog about polar cities idea, pro or con, with image from website?

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