3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art

3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art

yongwook seong revives perishing neo coral city

 

In his new AI-generated series, Yongwook Seong imagines a biomorphic architectural regeneration project under the ocean to preserve the fictional Neo Coral City’s perishing eco-system. Using text-to-image design tool Midjourney, the story illustrates how the once thriving great reef area with a vast diverse marine life has recently been devastated by rising ocean temperatures and acidification.

 

Coming in to restore this new monument, the imaginary underwater design-build practice Amphitrite 3.0 uses 3D printing technology to construct coral habitats and monuments infused with heat and acid tolerant symbionts for climate change resilience. Their interventions render a whole new thriving, sustainable underwater ecosystem, complete with residences, educational and cultural institutions, cemeteries, and social spaces.

3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art
Underwater Coral Museum in AI-generated Neo Coral City | all images by Yongwook Seong

 

 

sustainable ai-generated marine architecture 

 

With rapidly rising ocean temperatures, a large part of coral reefs in the area are suffering at the risk of coral bleaching, or have already been devastated. In Yongwook Seong’s AI-generated Neo Coral City, Amphitrite 3.0. has been commissioned as part of a large-scale coral reef restoration project to speed up the marine life’s regeneration against the risks of climate change, while gaining public attention for underwater eco-tourism opportunities.

 

The Canadian designer renders a thriving new city, 3D printed from algae friendly materials similar to coral’s calcium carbonate structure. Amphitrite 3.0 creates a range of sustainable habitats, including shell-like townhouse with reef-grade exoskeleton with porous skin, and a large undulating skeletal condo boasting organic flows into its cozy interiors. Elsewhere, a coral treehouse twists and transforms into multiple hide-outs for marine organisms, growing at a much faster rate than natural reefs.

 

The fictional underwater firm also constructs a new monument for the Neo Coral City — the Underwater Coral Museum. A new cultural research institute for coral reef education, the space holds archives for extinct specimens and research programs on coral species that are resilient to climate change.

3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art
Amphitrite 3.0 finds algae friendly, 3D-printable materials similar to the coral’s calcium carbonate structure

3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art
organic flows and openings at the skeletal condo

3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art
a bench where marine travelers can rest

3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art
the 3D-printed coral treehouse grows at a much faster rate than a natural reefs’ regeneration

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3D printed marine structures revive perishing neo coral city in yongwook seong’s AI art
Yongwook Seong images fictional marine architecture for devastated Neo Coral City

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Neo Coral Pavilion

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Coral Cemetery

 

 

project info:

 

name: Neo Coral City
designer:  Yongwook Seong

 

 

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edited by: ravail khan | designboom

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