【转载】“漂浮城市”：我们将在不远的将来搬到海上

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There's that season finale of Archer where the spy team travels to a massive, underwater sea lab that eventually floods due to a stray bullet. The concept up a mega-city on water is certainly alluring, but I know my fears of drowning would overwhelm an aqua-tropolis' futuristic charm. Thus, AT Design Office's concept design for a floating island with an area of four square miles sounds both safe and mind-blowing. It's like a manmade Manhattan. And man do the fabrications look insane:

一直以来，我都对“海底大都市”充满无尽地幻想，然而要是真有那么一天的话，我对溺死的恐慌恐怕又会阻止我领略海底超现实主义的魅力。而最近，伦敦“AT设计事务所”（AT Design Office）的一项占地10平方公里的“漂浮岛”设计项目，似乎可以兼顾我们对海底的渴望和胆小的灵魂。整个项目看起来简直就像一个人造曼哈顿：

 

Commissioned by Chinese construction firm CCCC, AT Design Office created the concept, titled Floating City, with hypothetical plans to use hexagonal modules that overlap to create a foundational city floor. Below the floor would be a network of underground walkways and roads that connect the city sections. So habitants would have the option to live both above and below water.
There would also be green spaces both on top of the geometric modules, as well as in the underwater tunnels, allowing the city to be self-sustaining and eco-friendly. According to AT Design Office, "A chimney in the center of a vertical garden provides natural ventilation and lighting to the underwater city. Meanwhile, the vertical garden is also a public traffic hub, which provides a traffic platform for submarines and inter-block passages." Naturally, there's a proposal for a "vibrant floating entertainment area" at the city's heart, too.
AT Design Office's concept plan is currently under review by one of China's major real estate and property investors, China Transport Investment Co. The designer firm could be designing tests on a smaller scale as early as next year. Even if this project is simply hypothetical and a concept design experiment, there has something to be said about a growing interest in water-based cities. Once we overpopulated the continents and raze their natural resources, it may only be only a matter of time until we try and take to the seas. Good luck to the sea-sick inclined.

受中国交通建设公司（CCCC）委任，AT事务所设计了这个“漂浮城市”，项目设想建设相互交叠的六角形模块作为城市地基。而地面下方是链接城市不同部分的地下道路。因此，居民可以自由选择住在地上还是水下。

在地上的几何模块和水底隧道中都会有绿色空间，既提供城市所需能量，也更环保。AT设计事务所说“城市中的一个垂直花园中心有一个烟囱，为水底城市提供自然通风设备和照明条件。同时，垂直花园也是一个公共交通中心，成为潜水艇和运输设备的交通平台。”当然，提案也没忘记在城市中心设计一个“震动漂浮娱乐区”。

AT事务所的这项概念设计目前正在中国交建集团的审核之下。设计公司最早将在明年开始建设一个小规模的浮岛进行测试。尽管该项目还只是个存在于设想之中的概念，也足以显示人们对水下城市不断增长的兴趣。因为一旦陆地上人口过多、资源耗尽，我们搬到海里去只是迟早的事。