浮动城市狂想
［from IF Green: http://www.if-g.com/green/local/shanghai/20070709/12.html］

2007年7月2日，在上海城市雕塑中心举行的“浮动的城市”设计理念阐述会上，来自荷兰Deltasync小组的建筑师、工程师和水处理专家向来宾展示了一个全新的城市构筑理念。据悉，这一方案收到了荷兰鹿特丹市政府的大力支持，很可能成为上海2010年上海世博会的“城市最佳实践区”的入围方案。

在“浮动城市”的方案中，漂浮在水上的城市，是一个完全溶于自然的清洁城市。城市的主体建筑是呈蜂巢六边形的框架结构，上面覆盖着薄膜结构。这种薄膜结构利于建筑储存能量，并能优化建筑内部的温度循环。而建筑的热泵系统则将建筑和水体形成一套完整的热能循环体系，使浮动城市时刻处于适宜的温度。城市的基座采用浮材制成，并装配有将海浪转化为电能的潮汐发电装置，用于建筑供电，同时也有利于保持城市在水面上的平稳性。这是一座节能环保、可持续发展的建筑。这些设计源于团队独特的设计理念。

Deltasync小组的首席建筑工程师Bart van Bueren向我们阐述了设计的出发点。在荷兰人们有围海造田的传统，人们相信与水世界的战争将会带来新的土地。这种与之作战的想法将面临着人类目前无法克服的障碍，但却也催生了“浮动城市”这一设计理念。那就是将人类的生存空间彻底溶于大自然，随着自然的脉搏而律动，这才是可持续的城市解决方案。

然而，将城市构筑在大海之上，这个方案毕竟太过科幻了。只有在电影《未来水世界》里曾看到了悲哀、黑暗的人类水上生存的景象。然后，在我们面前的这个方案里，未来的水世界也可以成为另外一副样子。只是它会更加环保，还是加剧环境压力呢，这个在它问世之前，谁也说不清楚。


Floating City Proposed For Shanghai World Expo
［http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/floating_city_p.php#ch02 by Justin Thomas, translated from IF Green］

A team of Dutch designers recently revealed a plan to build a floating city on Shanghai’s Huangpu River. If built, the city will debut during World Expo Shanghai 2010. The floating city will have many green elements — it will use the water of the river for cooling and it the city will make use of renewable energy. However, one has to wonder if matters like sewage treatment and impact on the river environment have been addressed. The model of the construction on display at Shanghai Sculpture Space, has five honeycomb-like balls, one big one surrounded by four smaller ones, functioning as a 3D cinema, pubs, a shopping mall and theater. The biggest honeycomb will have a restaurant at the top floor 80 meters above the river, the report said.

The project would be part of the Expo’s “Urban Best Practices Area,” where cities have been invited to display their own innovative technologies to improve urban living conditions, said Eric Verwaal, of the Dutch Consulate-General in Shanghai.

"People living in the floating city can contact with people outside conveniently", said Michiel Fremouw, CEO of the designing company Deltasync. He went on to say that residents will be able to fish easily from their homes.