This month , a grim study in the journalSciencereported what we ’ve feared for decades : That the ocean may “ be sitting on a precipice of a major extinction event,”in the words of one author . There ’s a stupendous amount of employment to be done if we want to turn it around — admit reclaiming habitats , which is the goal of this ambitious proposal of marriage by three vernal architects .
Of course , one of the best ways we can do this is by reduce carbon copy emissions and sea acidification , a horrifying phenomenon in which CO2 is actually commute the alchemy of our ocean to make them toxic to sea life . But there are plenty of smaller measuring rod that can aid , like the reclamation of habitats for ecosystems that once flourish naturally . Artificial reefs have been around for hundred , of course , but in this compositor’s case we ’re talking about a variety of reef that ’s build not as a justificatory touchstone for cities or porthole , but as a proactive way to aid lifespan flourish afresh in areas that were once natural habitat .
These reef can take a huge range of forms , which is what makes them so cool . ocean life , like all life , really , is implausibly adaptable and resilient . Most artificial reef take the contour of sunken industrial cadaver or old ships , but there are also fascinating aberration , like Florida ’s Neptune Reef — which is both a mausoleum for cremate corpse and a thriving eco - habitat , as our sis siteio9 report last year — or the contrived reefs create bydumping decommissioned subway cars into the ocean .
https://gizmodo.com/the-spectacular-sight-of-subway-cars-being-dumped-into-1680392793
And then there ’s this proposition , from a triplet of Gallic and Romanian architects named Quentin Perchet , Thomas Yvon and Zarko Uzlac , who come through one of theJacques Rougerie Foundation‘sInternational Architecture Competitionlaureate awards this week . Ignore the name — BIODIVER[CITY]—and focus on the renderings , which show a huge float political platform that ’s accessed via gravy holder on the surface . Below it , hundreds of cannular struts hand down into the ocean , serving as a place to cleave for the coral and other microorganism that thrive on Witwatersrand .
grant to the architects , the idea is to permit visitors to this raw “ zoo ” to descend deep into the Witwatersrand to observe how the ecosystem changes as you move further away from the surface . At the top , you might see large mammalian like dolphins and small fish , but as you descend into the circular tunnel that flow from the be adrift mega - social structure , you ’ll see less vulgar specie , which the architect describe as “ puppet of another meter . ”
Of course , this is just a concept . It ’s easy to imagine that such a bodily structure could have a negative environmental impact — hey , is that a sail ship in one rendering?!—but it ’s still an interesting ( and beautiful ) take on an musical theme that needs as much public bread and butter as it can get .
Another more naturalistic novel ontogenesis in this fight comes from a group of marine biologist who contend that the megastructures that can advertize habitat renewal already exist in the ocean — in the form of our aging oil rig . In some cases , they argue , plenteous ecosystems already live beneath the surface of these hulking steel machine , and they ought to be left standing in home to gain the ocean life sentence that ’s already recoil up around them .
Check out ourprevious coverage here , or head over toBustler for more about BIODIVER[CITY ] .
Images via Quentin Perchet , Thomas Yvon and Zarko Uzlac ; viaBustler .
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