UN-Habitat and Oceanix Reveal Prototype for the World's First Sustainable Floating City
UN-Habitat and blue tech firm OCEANIX unveiled the design of the world’s first prototype for a sustainable floating city, to be hosted by Busan. The project is intended to provide a scalable framework of development for coastal cities facing land shortages and rising sea levels. With a population of 3.4 million people, Busan is the second-largest city in the Republic of Korea and, at the same time, one of the most important maritime cities, making it a suitable environment for deploying the floating city prototype.
![UN-Habitat and Oceanix Reveal Prototype for the World's First Sustainable Floating City](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6268/3649/a2f8/2f01/65e6/da0b/medium_jpg/oceanixbusan-image-by-oceanix-and-big-bjarke-ingels-group-00-aerial-north-port-c.jpg?1650996899#)
![Courtesy of Oceanix and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group Courtesy of Oceanix and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/6268/3649/a2f8/2f01/65e6/da0b/medium_jpg/oceanixbusan-image-by-oceanix-and-big-bjarke-ingels-group-00-aerial-north-port-c.jpg?1650996899)
UN-Habitat and blue tech firm OCEANIX unveiled the design of the world’s first prototype for a sustainable floating city, to be hosted by Busan. The project is intended to provide a scalable framework of development for coastal cities facing land shortages and rising sea levels. With a population of 3.4 million people, Busan is the second-largest city in the Republic of Korea and, at the same time, one of the most important maritime cities, making it a suitable environment for deploying the floating city prototype.