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Waterpod: Solving Several Crises Simultaneously |
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Dr. Samuel Says -
Smart Design
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 |
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Sometimes I feel I’ve missed my calling. Although I’ve had several rewarding careers over the decades -- astrophysicist, MLB shortstop, Interpol director, this sort of thing -- I’ve always dreamt of being an architect. As George Costanza has taught us, pretending to be an architect is every young person’s dream.
More specifically, I want to be the kind of new school architect that
is increasingly in demand as energy concerns and sustainability become
the watchwords of a generation. I’d like to be working on stuff like
the Waterpod, an ingenious floating habitat that will be touring the
New York City area in May. A collaborative project among several
artists, educators, engineers and, yes, architects, the Waterpod is a
self-sustaining community housing project its designers call a
“floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides.”
 Check the link for more details. I just love this kind of stuff. The
Waterpod is built on a surplus 80 x 25 foot cargo barge, and features
three domes constructed from reclaimed plastic, wood and metal. It
incorporates passive and active solar energy systems, as well as a
central wind turbine. One of the primary purposes of the project is to
demonstrate a possible solution for those dire long-term population
growth scenarios. The Waterpod suggests that, when we run out of land,
we could create floating energy-independent communities on the other 70
percent of the planet that’s covered with water.
Also, in the short term, the Waterpod will come in handy when those ice
caps melt and Cleveland becomes a coastal city. And when the various
corprate espionage assassins dispatched by my enemies finally catch up
with me. I’m already pulling some strings to get on the Waterpod
waiting list. I want to install some fishing reels on the back, too. This is going to be great.
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