TED Talks: Floating Oasis, Floating Cities Safely Moving Cities To The Sea by Øyvind Hellan
Geschreven op 16-12-2017 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Bouwen-Klussen
Glossy illustrations of floating cities are tantilizing glimpses into a possible future. But, how realistic are they? Øyvind Hellan believes it is not only possible, but closer than we think, if we can do it safely. Meet this third generation engineer who wants to safely bring living seaside to a whole new level.
Research Director Øyvind Hellan from SINTEF, Scandinavia’s largest independent research organisation, is the man behind an international project with a 40 million NOK budget to make floating cities a reality.
With 30 years of experience in R&D and business development, this former CEO of Instituto SINTEF do Brasil and Research Director for the Offshore Hydrodynamics group at MARINTEK is now responsible for business development and strategy within SINTEF Ocean hydrodynamics. Øyvind specialises in establishing, executing and managing small, medium and large R&D projects for the Norwegian and international offshore and maritime industry the European Commission and the international oil and gas industry.
See also: The Blue Future: Floating Mega Islands by MARIN – Recycled Island by WHIM Architecture: Cleaning our Oceans and Creating a Floating City – Video: Unbelievable Floating Architectural Structures of The Future – Shimizu’s Dream: Green Float An Environmental City Island Floating on the Equatorial Pacific – The Floating Beach by Dutch Docklands – Bartels Design Contest 2010: Een Drijvend Olympisch Dorp met Olympisch Stadion – Freedom Ship: The Floating City by Norman Nixon – The Floating Aerohotel of The Future by Alexander Asadov: A 200 Meter Wide Floating Island – Lilypad City: The Floating City Ecopolis – The Swimming City by Andras Gyorfi – Trilobis 65 Floating Home – The Hexicon Energy Concept: Wind, Wave and Solar Energy Floating Platform
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