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£8bn turtle-shaped floating city could be built in 2033
One luxury yacht designer hopes to take the industry to a new level in an era when every respectable billionaire has a superyacht.
Pangeos is a massive “terayacht” that might one day be an ocean-going home for 60,000 people, and it was created by Lazzarini Design Studio, an Italian firm known for its wacky design concepts for luxury limousines, future seaports, and flying superyachts.
There will be hotels, shopping centres, parks, a dock, and even a little airport in the 2,000-foot-wide floating metropolis.
The fact that the gigantic building will resemble a turtle is probably the craziest part of the design. According to Lazzarini, the enormous sea monster may be built as early as 2033 and would take eight years to complete.
However, a dry-dock specifically for the construction of this would need to be constructed first.
Despite the fact that the NFT may never be completed, the business is already selling “virtual” NFT entrance tickets for £14 and VIP suites for £140.
In the event that the utopian vision is realised, the virtual cabins can be used as a down payment for the physical ones.
The estimated total construction cost is around $8 billion (approximately £6,725,512,000).
Lazzarini’s plans call for a dry dock with a footprint of 2,000 square feet, and the company is considering locations in Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah Port, located 129 kilometres (81 miles) north of Jeddah, would need to have 100 hectares of seabed dredged and a large dam built before construction of the monster vessel could begin.
The floating city’s nine 16,800 horsepower electric motors could reach speeds of up to five knots, propelled by a massive array of solar cells that would provide a seemingly unlimited source of green energy.
If you’re wondering where the word “Pangea” came from, it’s because that’s what the ancient supercontinent was called before it broke apart around 200 million years ago, creating the modern-day continents we see on maps today.
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