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Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had A Floating, Co2-Absorbing Biosphere

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(via) I’d love to see a few of these marine biosphere farms bobbing around and lowering carbon dioxide levels off our coastline. The so-called Bloom – designed by French firm Sitbon Architectes – would be anchored to the seabed by a series of cables. Its interior gardens are designed to cultivate oxygen-producing phytoplankton. The people living and working aboard would also be able to grow their own food thanks to an advanced filtration system that turns ocean water into fresh water. The floaters would also be able to warn us of incoming tsunamis. Plus they look pretty sweet…

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If We Had More Safe Indoor Spaces for Skateboarding

Its vaulted ceilings may have once carried the tenors and altos of Catholic choirboys, but nowadays the acoustics of the abandoned St. Liborius Church have been repurposed to carry the screeches and echoes characteristic of a DIY Skatepark. We think Vancouver would be cooler if we had an all-inclusive indoor community skatepark of our own...

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had a Massive Floating Housing Project at the Port

Imagine a colourful, mixed-used, housing complex like Amsterdam's Silodam floating at the foot of Victoria Drive.

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had Floating Camp Sites in False Creek

Imagine Belgium's Vlot Kamp - essentially eight floating campsites accessed from the shore by canoe - next to Olympic Village.

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If It Had a Cocktail Bar Hidden in a Skytrain Station

This 15-seat speakeasy-style bar is located behind a nondescript door in New York City's 28th Street subway station.