Submitted by Alexander Remizov (Russian architecture)

be built on land or sea

“The house of future”

Can be constructed quickly and withstand environmental disasters through its structural integrity

climate changes

protection of natural environment from human activities

The Ark project makes an attempt to answer these challenges of our Time

durable, more economical and lighter that glass

for collecting rainwater from the roof

The building has a cupola form

An optimum relationship between the building’s volume and its outer surface

bearing

The form of the building is convenient for placing on it the photoelectric cells at a necessary angle to the Sun

The form of the cupola assists to agglomeration of the warmed air in the upper part

and in seismically dangerous regions, because the structure of the basement represents a shell without any ledges or angles.

A stressed structure of arches and ropes permits to distribute load along the whole bulk in case of earthquake

. The structure of the building permits it to float in case of water leveling up in the World Ocean

compatibility, illumination and efficiency of oxygen producing, as well as with the aim of creating an attractive and comfort space.