It looks like something straight out of a James Bond film - but a British firm believes their floating building could be the future of life at sea.

With 11 accommodation decks, a 360-degree observation area, four helipads, its own dock, several swimming pools and as much space as a cruise liner, it's not so much a boat as a city.

The design, called "Project Utopia", was unveiled to stunned onlookers at the glitzy Monaco Yacht Show. Designer Nigel Gee, of Southampton, Hants, has not yet put a figure on how much the floating island might cost to create or what sort of customer would want to buy it.

The boat is designed to float on four platforms, each with thrusters to keep the whole yacht island stable, even in the extreme seas.

Able to move "at slow speeds", it stretches 65m above the sea's surface, providing visitors to the 13th floor observation deck with panoramic views.

Just below, the top deck of the main accommodation and service spaces - which could house shops, bars and restaurants - would be covered by a retractable canopy.

Yacht Design Director James Roy believes it challenges preconceptions of traditional naval architecture.

He said: "Utopia is not an object to travel in, it is a place to be, an island established for anyone who has the vision to create such a place."

James said their firm could use state-of-the-art technology to bring bring these creative ideas to life.




据英国《每日邮报》9月25日报道，虽然这看起来完全是詹姆斯•邦德电影中的情景，但一家英国公司相信他们的空中建筑可能成为未来海上生活的（居住场所）未来。

这一建筑将拥有11个起居甲板、360度观察视野、几个游泳池， 自己的码头和上有4座机场停机坪，几个游泳池，还有像留有轮班巡航船般大小航的空间。与其说这是一只船，还不如说是一座城市。

这一名叫"乌托邦计划"的设计在炫目的摩纳哥快艇展上惊艳全场。来自汉普郡南安普顿敦市的设计者奈杰尔•吉尚未估计和预测出透露这样创造这样一个漂浮岛的造价和受众所需要的费用和预期销售目标。

根据设计，这只"船"将由四个平台支撑，每个平台都安有可以让"船岛"甚至在波涛汹涌的海面上保持稳定的推进器。

该"船"高出还面65米，可以低速移动，为了能使其低速移动，船岛在海面上延伸了65米，为游客可以在提供了（位于）13层的全景瞭望甲板上全景瞭望。
就在瞭望甲板的下方是容纳商铺、酒吧和餐厅的主居住区和服务舱，其上方，由可由伸缩天棚遮盖的商铺、酒吧和餐厅被建造在作为主要居住和服务舱的上甲板上。

快艇设计主管詹姆斯•罗伊认为，该"船"是对这将挑战对传统造船学的定式的挑战偏见。

他说："'乌托邦'不是四处兜售的产品，它是一处存在的一个地方，是为任何有远见创造这样一个地方的人建造的岛。"

詹姆斯表示，他们公司将能够采用最先进的技术艺术工艺来实现这些这些创意。

• observation [,ɔbzə´veiʃən] n.观测；注意；意义 (初中英语单词)
• customer [´kʌstəmə] n.顾客，买主，主顾 (初中英语单词)
• stable [´steibəl] n.马棚 a.稳固的 (初中英语单词)
• extreme [ik´stri:m] a.尽头的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)
• director [di´rektə] n.指导者；....长；导演 (初中英语单词)
• vision [´viʒən] n.视觉；想象力；幻影 (初中英语单词)
• cruise [kru:z] vi.&n.巡航；航游 (高中英语单词)
• accommodation [ə,kɔmə´deiʃən] n.供应；调解；贷款 (英语四级单词)
• traditional [trə´diʃənəl] a.传统的，习惯的 (英语四级单词)
• creative [kri:´eitiv] a.有创造力的；创作的 (英语四级单词)
• designer [di´zainə] n.设计者 (英语六级单词)