AMAZING INFRASTRUCTURE: THE WORLD'S LARGEST LUXURY BOAT AND FIRST PROPOSE FLOATING CITY 

Did you know that the proposed terayacht named Pangeos that is to be built in Saudi Arabia could become the world's largest boat and first gigantic floating city with a massive fund of $8 billion?

The latest luxury boat to hit the market is Pangeos—named after Pangea, a supercontinent that existed from 200 million to 335 million years ago. It will take $8 billion to construct it:, according to designers Lazzarini Design Studio, a Rome-based company that utilizes 3D technology to visualize designs and ideas. if funded, it will become the biggest yacht and largest floating structure ever built.

The current title holder for the world’s biggest yacht is the German-built Azzam at 180.61 meters (595.55 feet) long. The biggest sea vessel ever constructed was the Seawise Giant, built by the Japanese firm Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Its length was 458.45 meters (1,504.10 ft).

The Pangeos, shaped like a tera-turtle, would be even bigger than both of these giants. Its proposed dimensions are a length of 550 meters (1,800 feet) and a width of 610 meters (2,000 feet). A "floating city" according to Lazzarini, the yacht will have space for hotels, shopping malls, parks and even ports for smaller ships and aircraft to get guests there in style.

The designers have posited Saudi Arabia as a location. Around one square kilometer of sea would need to be dredged and a circular dam constructed before the build could commence. The designers have earmarked a space at King Abdullah Port, 81 miles north of Jeddah as the ideal location.

Lazzarini claims that Pangeos will be able to accommodate sixty thousand guests plus an unspecified number of crewmembers and staff. On each side wing of Pangeos would be space for nineteen villas and sixty-nine apartments. Divided into blocks like an actual city, Pangeos has a port and main square, off which other buildings spiral. An "upper shell" area, surrounded by garden spaces, would act as a landing spot for aircraft. Below the living space would be 30,000 "cells" which would keep the structure afloat. The basement would be made of steel... The roof would have solar panels to power the yacht. 

Unlike a traditional cruise ship or yacht, the Pangeos itself would be the star destination. Powered by nine 16,800 horsepower HTS engines, the Pangeos is expected to have a top speed of just five knots (5.7 miles per hour/9.2 kilometers per hour). The vessel’s slow and steady speed is unsurprising given its great heft. Guests wishing to travel between the Pangeos and other locations will have the option to use either another sea vessel or aircraft.

Lazzarini hopes that construction could start in 2033, with a build time of eight years. If the Saudi Arabian government agrees, a site at King Abdullah Port has been identified by designers as a feasible location for the mega-project. Roughly one square kilometer of space in the sea would need to be dredged for construction to begin. A circular dam would be used to control water levels at the construction site.

For now, Pangeos remains very much in the conceptual phase. One day, however, construction of the futuristic floating city might begin in Saudi Arabia. An NFT crowdfunding initiative exists as part of a strategy to acquire funding. Backers can pay with cryptocurrency for virtual space on Pangeos within the metaverse.

Source:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/pangeos-terayacht-turtle/index.html

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/19/pangeos-saudi-arabia-floating-city/