Whatever comes out of Copenhagen, we can be sure that seas will continue to rise and coastlines will continue to disappear. And that means architects and builders will need to adjust a very different future if we are to survive. We will see a new type of house emerging over the next few years in coastal areas: it will float.
It's already happening in Holland, a nation that was really created out of a constant confrontation with water and which in time became one of the greatest seafaring nations of all time. In response to climate change, the Netherlands has developed floating houses and local companies there are investing in saline-tolerant agriculture and experimental work is under way with floating greenhouses in the horticulture sector.
All this points to 12 prototype habitats for the future, planned buildings which include a Hydropolis Underwater Hotel in Dubai, a Waterpod floating homestead, an undersea resort, a floating airport for San Diego and a parking lot where parked cars produce solar energy.
That might all sound a bit crazy but then so did mobile phones 50 years ago. And in desperate times, people can come up with all sorts of innovative solutions
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