Partners in Charge  Project Leaders 

   
Bjarke Ingels  Alana Goldweit 
Daniel Sundlin  Jeremy Alain Siegel  

 
Dear office for coastal management, 
 
I would like to introduce to you about floating cities and consideration into the plans to 
construct these cities during our partnership. As we know about the functionality of these cities, 
a single unit will be able to house up to 10 thousand people and a wide array of facilities to 
sustain the city. They will be built with lightweight material and have enough technology on 
board to protect the residents from natural disasters or continuously sustain a healthy city. 
These cities will be used to relocate residents who live near coastal regions and major cities that 
are in danger of the oncoming rising sea level. 
 
I would like to cooperate with your office in creating and funding a new agency that will seek to 
build these floating cities. With this agency, we can focus on the future for the people of the US 
to colonize the water. There have been efforts with the UN Habitat that are constructing these 
cities in warm coasts but they have not released any statements of the location and time it will 
take to construct the first floating city. 
 
1. If the government were to get behind this plan and fund a new agency, how long will it 
take for an estimated completion time for our first floating city in the US? 
 
There are several locations where we can construct the floating cities, one of them being the 
west coast of the US due to being less affected by hurricanes compared to the east coast. Thus, 
we can possibly build more floating cities on the west coast without affecting the coastal 
landscape and any aquatic habitats in the ocean. There are several thermal vents along the way 
to the Hawaiian islands that we can build more cities to anchor over to utilize the thermal 
energy. 
 
2. Based on the estimated completion of the first floating city, how long will it take to 
construct more cities going towards the Hawaiian islands? 
 
Doing so, we can also reduce the need of shipping over long distances and increase the 
economy between these islands and cities. With the increasing amount of floating cities to be 
developed, there will also the concern of governance of these floating cities. 
 
3. Will each of these floating cities be considered separate states of the US or considered to 
be one whole state?  
 
This will be considering that each unit can connect with other units to form a city like network. 
And at most, a network of cities can consist of 216 units, each housing 10 thousand residents. 
There are certain areas of the pacific ocean to be considered international water. 
 
 4. If a floating city were to be built or drifted to these international water, are they still 
protected by the US? 
5. And can these cities declare their own independence in those waters? 
 
Aside from these matters, the floating cities can be a worthwhile investments towards the 
betterment of the people living on regions in danger of rising sea level. I encourage the 
development of a new agency to help these people before they lose their homes and livelihoods, 
as rebuilding people's lives could cost more than relocating them. 
I wish the office well in their future endeavors of protecting the US coasts. 
 
Sincerely, 
Representative of Oceanix 

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