Come judgment day, these developers plan to float away on a city-sized vessel.
Japanese designers have released renderings for their idea of an end-times solution: A huge, buoyant metropolis capable of hosting some 40,000 humans.
The firm N-Ark is working on an answer to the apocalypse inspired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Noah’s Ark, for which the company is named, according to SWNS.
Currently named Dogen City, the Bible- and billionaire-based concept would promise tens of thousands of people a self-sufficient oasis safe from rising sea levels.
Dogen City will contain a variety of buildings, including a sports stadium encircled by a weather-resistant ring, which will encompass a roving economic zone entitled New Ocean.
The structures will be able to sail to new locations as needed and will be resilient in the face of climate change, the N-Ark developers explained.
Residents will be able to traverse the city within an hour, its outer ring measuring only 2.4 miles in circumference.
In addition to the habitable portions, it will also feature an undersea data center and medical research facilities.
N-Ark aims to complete Dogen City by 2030.
“New Ocean is a term intended for the ocean version of the private space business innovation ‘New Space’ started by Space X,” says N-Ark in a statement.
“We will propose [several] elements (medical, food, housing, information, and electrical services) to realize New Ocean, promote the entry of various companies, and promote ocean development activities …Through this, we aim to create maritime innovation, and seek to create this future together with participating companies, governments, and universities.”
The Japanese company is not the only one with the idea for humanity to take to the seas in the face of global warming.
Earlier this year, the UK-based Tim Fu Design and Italian firm Luca Curci Architects released renderings for a science-fiction worthy metropolis they have in the works called Floating City.