Home is one of the
basic necessities. Every creature on Earth needs a home where they feel safe and
raise their young ones. And the Earth which is considered as a universal home
is not properly used for coexistence. In real life, the population of many creatures
such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and freshwater species has
been decreasing at a very high rate which is close to 76 percent.
The modern day
cities are falling short for the ever increasing population. It is this rate of development
that is leading the modern people to exploit forest and its resources. Also
this one of the main reason for spread of major diseases like Nipah, Hendra,
Ebloa, Marburg and SARS which spread from wild animals to the farm animals and
from them to the humans.
This is a concern
for all of us. Koen Olthius from Netherlands who works in an architectural firm
called Waterstudio has come up with a great idea to help the animals that
cannot leave the cities. Thus came into existence an idea of a structure called
the Sea Tree.
As the name
suggests, it is based on the idea of a tree. The design gets its basic idea from a floating
oil platforms, large structures that are built in the ocean, used for
storage. This shelved structure provides home for different species. This
structure is extended even out of the ocean water which helps the birds to
build their nests away from the city and its troubles.
In an interview to
Fast Company, Olthius said that the divided the park zones in urban areas and
placed them vertically on top of the other. They were inspired from a project
which was developed in Holland where ecologists devised ways to provide habitat
for animals that couldn’t be disturbed by people. One of the best ways to keep
people away is construction of these Sea Trees in water.
Sea Tree is a
project which is ready to be executed. Waterstudio also hopes that some oil
companies will also help them with their design based on the existing oil
platforms.