NEW YORK: The eight hundred and ninety-third entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
Floatopolis proposes new floating neighbourhoods in London; Waterhoods. Waterhoods are ecological neighbourhoods. Instead of “paving over” open water as was done with London’s lost rivers, they encourage public access to and enjoyment of water and respond to a changing natural and social environment. They allow residents to shape their own environment by reconfiguring and floating new facilities as desired; lidos, open-air cinemas, creative workspace, cafés and schools as well as housing. Waterhoods tackle the problem of access to and affordability of developable land, but also a future in which flooding and rising sea levels will change the cityscape.
