2019 conceptual design of OCEANIX’s storm-proof, self-sufficient floating city. (Courtesy OCEANIX/BIG) In its press release announcing the agreement, UN-Habitat didn’t provide a clear ...

The OCEANIX city itself is a floating “lagoon” of recreation spaces, art and performance venues. Each platform contains low-profile buildings with outdoor terraces to connect the space externally.

Architecture firms BIG and Samoo and tech company Oceanix have revealed their design for a first-of-its kind climate-resilient floating city, destined for the seas off Busan in South Korea.

The South Korean city of Busan has agreed to test a prototype for a “flood-proof” ocean settlement, with work on the first neighborhood set to begin next year.

OCEANIX, a New York-based sustainable design firm, is designing and building the city’s prototype. The first concept for such a city was floated during a UN roundtable in April 2019.

The Oceanix Busan community would be built on water in Busan in South Korea and would have restaurants and apartments as well as a winter garden. It hopes to be the “world’s first prototype ...

Oceanix Busan offers a sustainable floating community, with 15 acres hosting a community of 12,000. And that’s just a beginning; it has the potential for continuing expansion all the way to ...

Oceanix Busan, a city of 3.4 million people, is home to one the world's busiest ports, so local builders and engineers have experience building along the water, Madamombe said.

Oceanix, the first floating community project with United Nations support, envisions extending existing cities using novel technologies. The South Korean city of Busan has given the non-profit ...

On April 26, 2022, the following announcement was made: “U.N.-Habitat, the Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, and OCEANIX today unveiled at U.N. Headquarters the design of the ...

The South Korean city of Busan has agreed to test a prototype for a “flood-proof” ocean settlement, with work on the first neighborhood set to begin next year.