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joe at travelpage
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Member # 622

posted 09-27-2002 12:35 PM

Artist rendition of the "AZ Island" project designed by French architect Jean-Philippe Zoppini and made available Thursday Sept. 26, 2002. The 400 meter (1320 feet) long and 300 meter (990 feet) large vessel could host 4,000 cabins on 15 storeys, its own port and facilities to be like a moving city on the sea. No price was available for the project but a model could be presented at the Sea Trade exhibition of Miami in March 2003.(AP Photo/Cabinet Jean Philippe Zoppini, HO)

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Barryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 33

posted 09-27-2002 12:47 PM

What a freakin weird design?? I suppose they could possibly pull it off with the SWATH design??

But where would they dry-dock the thing?

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Namlit
First Class Passenger
Member # 1940

posted 09-27-2002 12:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Barryboat:
What a freakin weird design??
But where would they dry-dock the thing?

Hovercraft, right Malcolm?

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Jamaica Jeff
First Class Passenger
Member # 2487

posted 09-27-2002 01:30 PM

And people bitch about the pods on the Coral Princess?

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 09-27-2002 01:39 PM

Actually I don't think it's that ugly - but what the hell would the underwater design look like? I mean, to me it looks like the hull would be rather like the lid to a garbage can (the metal type)... Not very practical.

Re: SWATH - I don't know, maybe though... But I think even most SWATH ships are less... Umm... Square?

Maybe three hulls could do it, with the little pointy thing sticking out (bow, I guess ) being the front end of the center hull, and two smaller ones, with the round ship piled atop the others? Three hulls not being of the same legnth, of course.

I think it would make a very attractive building on land...

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 09-27-2002 02:11 PM

I’m not sure if I like it or not actually as a building or a hotel resort it would be fine and rather nice looking but as a ship I don’t know. It lacks the nautical elements that make ships so different from anything land based. What I mean is that ships (even ugly ones) look like mobile entities. This design has more a static look to it as a building does, not so strange because Jean-Philippe Zoppini is an architect. I think it would serve better as a static object in the sea why would you even travel with it all you need on your vacation is already there.

I love futuristic ideas designers might have for ships and floating cities but I think the perfect combination between city and ship hasn’t yet been made (or maybe it shouldn’t be made at all) Well I think I need to find out more before I can determine if I like. Does someone know a internet site about the project?

Best, Onno

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Aleks
First Class Passenger
Member # 2733

posted 09-27-2002 02:18 PM

Wow, a real floating island! 300 meters wide!! At least she will be stable!
Like the Freedomship project, I belive it when I see it!
But if they seriously have been calculated on this project, and found out that it is posible to build, and will earn more money than a conventional design(like maybe the Phoenix project, that is simular), who knows...

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Britanis
First Class Passenger
Member # 2912

posted 09-27-2002 04:43 PM

Honestly, I think this thing has about as much chance of being built as The World 2, SuperStar Sagittarius Class, America World City, or Freedom Ship. Just another innovative idea that will never be built. Many of the unbuilt designs langushing in archives are infinitely more spectacular than what was deemed fit to build. Look at Frank Lloyd Wright's mile-high skyscraper- clearly one of the world's greatest buildings, and it will never be built. I can't decide if its a tragedy or a blessing that AZ Island won't be built...

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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Member # 301

posted 09-27-2002 05:33 PM

It will be built.

Ocean Liners such as the Titanic 2, NCL's 'SS United States', and MyTravel's QE2 will ferry the passengers to it!

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 09-27-2002 07:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Ocean Liners such as the Titanic 2, NCL's 'SS United States', and MyTravel's QE2 will ferry the passengers to it!

Titanic 2... Bah. Wasn't one of those enough ?

NCL United States sounds OK, but what of Norway ?

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empressport
First Class Passenger
Member # 2511

posted 09-28-2002 01:03 AM

I'd love to see one of the propulsion units malfunction, and the thing spin around like that teacup ride at Disneyland!

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WhiteStar
First Class Passenger
Member # 2740

posted 09-29-2002 07:33 AM

Looks more like something from Star Trek. What fun is something that big? Why not just go to a resort in Mexico? This ship hardly offers a cruise experience.

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Great Lakes
First Class Passenger
Member # 1836

posted 09-29-2002 11:58 AM

How would the port facilities work on this? Obviously ships can't dock when the ship/resort is in motion. I would also imagine any private yachts docked there would be bounced around rather severly and most likely damaged from the wake a ship of that size would produce.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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Member # 301

posted 09-29-2002 02:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Namlit:
Hovercraft, right Malcolm?

Yes! Certainly NOT a ship. It makes 'Voyager of the Seas' look like like a rowing boat!

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