I’m still very interested in the idea of floating islands as a paradigm for future architectures. This has arisen out of my responses to a range of future challenges such as future sea-level rise, increasing population, the possible future reliance on aquaculture for food. I suspect it also stems from the Australian cultural (and my personal) connection to the coast and the importance of coastal cities, islands and the ocean historically as the medium of  exchange of ideas, globalisation, migration, and commerce.

Richie Sowa’s floating island made from plastic bottles: YouTube

Vincent Callebaut: Lilypad City for climate refugees

Webecoist: 12 floating cities and artificial islands.

Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea: Wikipedia,  Seasteading.org, Book