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Message: <blockquote data-quote="punaruwan" data-source="post: 11040196" data-attributes="member: 174822"> Dream home? The floating city that could become the future of life at sea<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">* Yacht island comes with 11 accommodation decks and four helipads</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">* Designed to move on four platforms, each with thrusters to keep it stable</li> </ul> It looks like something straight out of a James Bond film - but a  British firm believes this floating building could be the future of life  at sea. With 11 accommodation decks, a 360-degree observation area, four  helipads, its own dock, several swimming pools and as much space as a  cruise liner, it's not so much a boat as a city. Although it certainly does not fit the mould of a yacht, the  design, called 'Project Utopia', was unveiled to stunned onlookers at  the glitzy Monaco Yacht Show.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/ayVqA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Fantasy  island: As this artist's impression shows, Project Utopia is more like a floating city than a boat Designer BMT Nigel Gee, of Southampton, Hants, has not yet put a  figure on how much the floating island might cost to create or what sort  of customer would want to buy it. The boat is designed to float on four platforms, each with  thrusters to keep the whole yacht island stable, even in the extreme  seas. Able to move 'at slow speeds', it stretches 65m above the sea's  surface, providing visitors to the 13th floor observation deck with  panoramic views.Just  below, the top deck of the main accommodation and service spaces -  which could house shops, bars and restaurants - would be covered by a  retractable canopy.  Yacht Design Director James Roy believes it challenges preconceptions of traditional naval architecture.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/anifk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> All at sea: Project Utopia is  designed to float on four platforms, each with thrusters to keep the whole island stableHe said: 'Visions of the future are often constrained by familiarity with the present or a reflection on the past. 'Much  is made in today's design community of starting with a blank sheet of  paper yet many, if not all yacht concepts revert back to the traditional  form. 'Because of the perception that a yacht should be a form of transport it becomes an immediate design constraint. 'Utopia  is not an object to travel in, it is a place to be, an island  established for anyone who has the vision to create such a place.'<img src="http://i.imgur.com/DF8kz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> A design for life: A graphic showing the schematics of the yacht island,  which comes with with 11 accommodation decks, a 360-degree observation  area, four helipads and several swimming pools In the middle, a large column plunges down into the water, acting  as a mooring system and housing a wet dock providing access from the  sea. James said the design, which has been created in partnership with  Yacht Island Design, represents how the firm, which works on yachts,  commercial and naval craft, uses state-of-the-art technology to bring  innovation to the industry.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/VRmTH.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> From fiction to reality: Project Utopia looks remarkably like Stromberg's lair in Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me He added: 'Pioneering design ideas such as Utopia are exactly the types of projects that our team excel in. 'Our forward-thinking approach and unrivalled state-of-the-art  engineering experience allows us to work closely with designers,  stylists and shipyards, and bring these ideas to life.'</blockquote>

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