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TOPIC:
Underwater Architecture
ABSTRACT:
The vision of living in water has recently become a professional focus among architects
and urban planners. Climatic change, the rise of the sea level, and the constantly
increasing global population are issues that render treating water surfaces as settlement
areas as topical as never before.
Built in Water introduces innovative projects that include a wide range of building types
based on very different approaches to handling water as the base for buildings
whether as floating or fixed constructions, as new buildings or for reusing existing
structures. The different ways of dealing with water as an architectural element, turns
this volume into a source of inspiration and comprehensive compendium of the
visionary concepts for a future on and with water.
AIM:
To examine the design considerations of underwater structures depending on not
merely engineering but also the architectural aspects.
OBJECTIVE:
This study helps to design the future of tomorrow research and possible
applications by providing outstanding data that will be valuable. It will also
SCOPE:
My research report aims to point out the design considerations of underwater structures
from not merely engineering, but also architectural aspects. Designing underwater has
its own principles and characteristics and these should be asserted under the light of
the study on former structures.
The basic purpose of architectural aspects for underwater structures should be defined
to meet requirements of human. To achieve that, parameters will be pointed out and
interpreted according to the conditions and limitations of the environment in order to set
the fundamentals for architectural approaches to underwater design.
A comparative study on contemporary examples will be made to evaluate these
parameters and comments will be made.
LIMITATIONS:
The criteria for a livable space should be defined and applied according to underwater
conditions. These criteria can be listed as: