All at sea

Remember Pete Postlethwaite sitting in his futuristic, ocean-bound bat-cave, in 'Age of Stupid'? The Open Sailing group want one too.

The open-source collective of architects, oceanographers and others, are researching the possibilities of building 'oceanic urban structures'.

"Oceans cover more than 74% of the surface of the earth. We urgently need a new generation of semi-permanent affordable and sustainable architecture to explore and study the oceans, and invent new modes of sustainable aquaculture."