A Recycled Ocean Plastic Resort is planned for Australia’s Cocos Keeling Islands. Architecture firm Margot Krasojevic Architects has come up with an experimental solution to ocean pollution, building a luxury resort island made from plastic rubbish. The British architecture firm said the island resort could be open to guests as...
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A Recycled Ocean Plastic Resort is planned for Australia’s Cocos Keeling Islands.
Architecture firm Margot Krasojevic Architects has come up with an experimental solution to ocean pollution, building a luxury resort island made from plastic rubbish.
The British architecture firm said the island resort could be open to guests as early as 2025, and visitors would stay in “canopied” rooms and camping land, with showers using filtered and distilled seawater.
The most remarkable design aspect of the innovative island would be its ability to expand by itself, using pollution – a massive problem in the Indian Ocean.
The island would initially be built using “tension leg structures”, often used on oil rigs, and three walkways.
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