Bangkok is drowning. Yes, it may sound alarming but is true. According to a recent geological study made by U.N, much of Bangkok will need to be abandoned by the mid-century as the city is ‘sinking’ at a rate of four inches per year. Moreover, the rising population (along with infrastructure) is adding to the overall load concentrated on the metropolis. Therefore, in a dire situation like this, the need of the hour is to point towards a collective and practical solution. That is exactly what S+PBA architects have conceptualized – a Post-Diluvian Future, which will be a self-sustaining prototype community wholly based on water.
Supposedly inspired by the traditional yet effective vernacular element of Thai ‘aquatecture’, the Post-Diluvian project has been envisaged as a modernistic societal space (built after the city of Bangkok has drowned) that will have water as its constant environment (instead of land). Therefore, the design considerations designate a unique fusion of spatial organizations that can house a self-sustaining group of people along with their newly evolved form of economy. The zoning will include spatial denominations such as schools, public spaces, hospitals, utilities, industries, and even solar power installations.
Structurally, the Post-Diluvian community will be a protracted volume extending along the linearity of an elongated form, which will encompass the wide expanse of the waters. Instead of the locations being random, the sites of such water-based communities will be limited to underutilized shrimp farms along mangrove forests. Thus, an indigenous form of economy can be established based upon the fishing industry. The cultivation of mangrove forests, in turn, will naturally lessen the effect of carbon emission resulting from the functioning of the contemporary community.
Via: PlusMood
