Courtesy of FLaT
The design think tank FLaT has shared with us their submission for the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition, The Floating States of Maldives. This hypothetical project was undertaken with the aspiration of what can be without constraints, as an experiment of imagination. Continue after the break for additional images and an architects description.
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Architect: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Maldives Islands
Project Leaders: Rok Oman, Špela Videčnik
Design Year: 2004-2006
Further Development: 2009
Design Team: Nejc Batistic, Martina Lipicer, Marisa Baptista
3d Animations & Realisations: David Lozej, Jaka Zvan, Rok Jereb
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