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Manta Ray-shaped Sustainable Floating City Will Function as Marine Research Lab

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French architect Jacques Rougerie has unveiled a sci-fi concept for a floating city that can house up to 7,000 people. That's according to inhabitat.com.

Dubbed “City of Mériens,” (meaning ‘people who belong to the sea’), the manta-ray shaped vessel will be self-sustaining, run on marine energy, and will not produce waste. The vessel will be a laboratory and home to scientists and students dedicated to studying the sea.

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