A New Home for the Victims of world Warming [Design]

As sea levels rise, a unprecedented population shift will place immense stress on cities world wide. Where will global warming refugees go? One design team envisions an ” Embassy of the Drowned Nations” to supply asylum, and a fresh start.

The concept plan imagines a ” a form of Ellis Island,” a mixture ” between Atlantis and Eden,” located in Sydney Harbor. Part floating city, part inverted island, the structure would house displaced peoples while they coped with their lost homes. As sea levels rose, the island’s sunken surface would extend deeper, providing a new, temporary home for families as they prepared to affix Australian society.

Concept renders tend to be frivolous, so we’re pleased to peer an exception to the rule of thumb here-it’s not too soon for the brightest design minds to cook up responses to global warming. [AILA via The Scuttlefish]

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