How floating cities and architecture being built around the world ‘solve many problems’ when it comes to climate change
- From a floating city in the Maldives to a park in Amsterdam and residences in Miami, on-water structures are addressing the impact of climate change
- Hong Kong’s Business of Design Week 2022 Summit will hear from two Dutch architects currently building on-water structures
Given rising sea levels and the extreme floods of 2022, the notion of a climate-resilient city based on water seems counterintuitive.
However, attendees at Hong Kong’s Business of Design Week (BODW) 2022 Summit will hear the case for just such a model, with examples being built now in environmentally vulnerable locations around the world.
To be held from November 30 to December 3, the 20th BODW will be the first since 2018 that international speakers are able to attend in person.
“For the past few editions, we have been challenged [first by social unrest, then Covid-19] to make the best of the situation through a hybrid format, and by fostering new partnerships with a local TV broadcaster and live-stream portals,” says Eric Yim, chairman of the Hong Kong Design Centre, which organises the event.
“It is exciting that, finally, a number of speakers will be flying into Hong Kong from the Netherlands [BODW’s strategic partner], France, the UK, Italy and Thailand.”
This year’s theme is “Design for Change”, with a focus on five pillars: brand transformation, culture and the city, metaverse and metaliving, new urban models, and social design innovation.