Japan Releases Plans For Futuristic Underwater Cities By 2030

Do you think its possible for people to live in underwater cities? Although it may
sound like an idea for a sequel to Christopher Nolans hit sci-fi film Interstellar, a
Japanese construction firm says it could be a reality by 2030.
The Japanese construction company Shimizu Corp announced a $25-$26
billion underwater eco-city plan called Ocean Spiral of 5,000 people that draws
its energy from the seabed thousands of metres below.
Shimizu Corp revealed a blueprint for the city of the future in Tokyo last week,
claiming that Ocean Spiral will capitalise on the infinite possibilities of the deep
sea to accommodate human life, as rising sea levels endanger the survival of
island communities.
The blueprint shows a vast research and residential station some 10 miles in
length that begins just below the seas surface and burrows beneath the ocean
floor.
According to Shimizus officials, the project, which has the support of a myriad
of research firms and Japanese government agencies, visualizes a spiralshaped structure comprised of three major sections.
The projects officials are looking forward to securing funding from private
industry and the government as its also supported by experts from Tokyo
University.
The 3 Parts of Ocean Spiral:
1.

The first part is the floating surface, which will be topped by a 500-meter
sphere.

2.

According to the blueprint, the central part is a spiral 15km long with
room for business zones, apartments, residential areas and hotel rooms for
5000 people.

3.

At the very bottom at about 3000 to 4000 thousand meters under the sea
the spiral will be linked to an earth-factory a research center for
developing energy sources.

The company also revealed that the spiral structure would descend as much as 9 miles
to the seabed, where an earth factory would produce methane from carbon dioxide by
using micro-organisms.