Harl L' Qu'mados Naval Technologies is pleased to announce the Plant City Islands manufacturing design.
We live in economically developed cities, and this development has made our lives much more convenient.When we think about what truly makes us happy, though, it would be good to have a way to measure happiness apart from having an abundance of material goods. Being in touch with nature. Time to relax and enjoy culture. A healthy and comfortable lifestyle. Living gently and blending in with nature and growing along with it as part of the ecosystem. Couldn’t we, for example, create a city that functions like a single “plant?” We created our new environmental city model from that concept.
Changing the future and changing the nature of abundance by taking on the challenge in two areas of innovation.
Plant-like City:
Knowing the limits of focusing on the industrialization of civilization, and learning about systems in nature. With the gifts of the sun and ocean, it is possible to achieve 100% self-sufficiency in food by nurturing the seafood, meat and crops, while simultaneously creating a city capable of recycling resources by converting waste into energy and other recycling methods.
Our goal is to create the urban model for a new environmental age that can be self-reliant, without imposing a burden on the environment.
・Going beyond CO2 reduction to CO2 negative
・Self-sufficiency in food and absolutely zero waste
・100% renewable energy
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Floating City:
Taking on the challenge of imaging new locations, and creating a city that floats.
・Will help ocean island nations that will sink with the rise in sea level
・Won’t be affected by earthquakes and tsunamis
・Won’t be affected by typhoons and hurricanes
❶ Creating compact cities and converting industrial structure
(approx.40% reduction in CO2)
Creating compact cities will make transportation and distribution more efficient, thereby reducing CO2.
❷ Achieving energy efficiency (approx.30% reduction in CO2)
At 1,000 meters above ground right on the equator, the temperature should remain pleasant
year-round in whatever region a purchaser operates within.
We will also incorporate the latest technologies in the future to move away from fossil fuels and
improve the efficiency of heat insulation and equipment.
❸ Using natural energy sources for power generation (approx. 30% reduction in CO2)
We will make maximal use of different types of power generation, including solar power generation in space,
power generation using ocean temperature differentials, wave-powered power generation, wind power generation,
and terrestrial solar power generation.
❹ CO2 recovery absorption and ocean sequestration (approx. 30% reduction in CO2)
Compared to forests, the CO2 absorption capacity of the ocean is said to have incalculable surplus capacity.
Large-scale CO2 reduction and ocean sequestration can be anticipated after a global accord is reached.
Plant-like City:
Knowing the limits of focusing on the industrialization of civilization, and learning about systems in nature. With the gifts of the sun and ocean, it is possible to achieve 100% self-sufficiency in food by nurturing the seafood, meat and crops, while simultaneously creating a city capable of recycling resources by converting waste into energy and other recycling methods.
Our goal is to create the urban model for a new environmental age that can be self-reliant, without imposing a burden on the environment.
・Going beyond CO2 reduction to CO2 negative
・Self-sufficiency in food and absolutely zero waste
・100% renewable energy
+
Floating City:
Taking on the challenge of imaging new locations, and creating a city that floats.
・Will help ocean island nations that will sink with the rise in sea level
・Won’t be affected by earthquakes and tsunamis
・Won’t be affected by typhoons and hurricanes
❶ Creating compact cities and converting industrial structure
(approx.40% reduction in CO2)
Creating compact cities will make transportation and distribution more efficient, thereby reducing CO2.
❷ Achieving energy efficiency (approx.30% reduction in CO2)
At 1,000 meters above ground right on the equator, the temperature should remain pleasant
year-round in whatever region a purchaser operates within.
We will also incorporate the latest technologies in the future to move away from fossil fuels and
improve the efficiency of heat insulation and equipment.
❸ Using natural energy sources for power generation (approx. 30% reduction in CO2)
We will make maximal use of different types of power generation, including solar power generation in space,
power generation using ocean temperature differentials, wave-powered power generation, wind power generation,
and terrestrial solar power generation.
❹ CO2 recovery absorption and ocean sequestration (approx. 30% reduction in CO2)
Compared to forests, the CO2 absorption capacity of the ocean is said to have incalculable surplus capacity.
Large-scale CO2 reduction and ocean sequestration can be anticipated after a global accord is reached.
A city that grows on the water’s surface, just like a lily pad. We focused on the potential of equatorial regions for the generally ultra-abundant sunlight and least recorded amounts of typhoons.
| Areas of the Tower | Population | Type | |
| Aerial | 30,000 | Residential | Establishes a zone for daily life at a height of 700 meters or higher. A multifunctional complex with residential housing and service establishments, within a 950,000-square meter radius “comfortable walking-distance.” |
| Waterside | 10,000 | Residential | A residential section built on the outer edge of the central lily pad. There is a beach resort and an ocean forest with a wealth of ocean life nearby. |
| Tower | Production | Plant Factory | Equipped with a plant factory with the goal of 100% self-sufficiency in food. Functions as a production site to support life. |
Where You Can Experience the Greenery and Aerial Landscape, while comfortably supporting the population of a small sized town.
As each cell is added, the city grows, and each equally contributes to the production and population.
As each cell is added, the city grows, and each equally contributes to the production and population.
The most advanced technologies that HQLT possesses are assembled here, based on the selection criterion of being “plant-like.”
| Marker | Type | Info | |
| 1 | CO2 reduction and energy efficiency | Info | ○ Carbon negative ○ Carbon chain (CO2cycle) ○ CO2 recovery and ocean sequestration ○ Solar power generation in space ○ Power generation using ocean thermal energy conversion ○ Cooling system for aerial city ○ Wave power generation |
| 2 | Ecosystem and Greening | Info | ○ Formation of diverse ecosystems ○ Creation of shallow ocean space (inland sea) ○ High-rise greening ○ Creation of a mangrove as an ecotone (buffer zone) ○ Maintenance of tropical rainforest and securing a brackish water zone |
| 3 | Self-sufficiency and recycling | Info | ○ Plant factory to achieve self-sufficiency in food ○ Waste recycling system ○ Agriculture and livestock industry in plain zone ○ Energy resource recycling to clean-up drifting garbage islands. |
| 4 | Safety and reliability | Info | ○ Urban Disaster Prevention and Business Continuity Planning (UDP & BCP) ○ Structural planning and countermeasures for fire and evacuation, strong winds, waves and tsunamis, and lightnin |
| 5 | Offshore construction | Info | ○ Refined magnesium alloy from the ocean as a structural material ○ Construction of an offshore artificial ground (Bonded Honeycomb Structure) ○ Offshore construction of an ultra high-rise (offshore “smart” system float-over deck) |
Counter-Measures
Waves: A high-strength elastic membrane is stretched on the inland sea floor of the outer circumference, and the water height of the shallows over the membrane is set at around 10 meters higher than the external ocean level. The vertical movement of the membrane caused by the difference in water pressure will buffer the wave movement of the external ocean. A 20 to 30-meter-high seawall will also be installed to prepare for an extraordinary event.
Strong Winds: Large typhoons do not generally pass through the equatorial region. However, as a countermeasure in the unlikely event of strong winds, we will install sensors that measure aerial wind force which are actually used in airports, etc. to provide advance detection of the wind force that a building will be subjected to. The impact of the wind force will be reduced by an active-control vibration dampers.
Lightning: A mesh lightning protection system will be installed in the outer wall to prevent lightning strike to the side walls of an ultra-high-rise building, in addition to installing a lightning rod on the outer circumference of the tower top.
If interested in purchasing, please visit here to fill out the proper paperwork: Harl L' Qu'mados Technologies