Architects in Dubai are all geared up to build a partially submerged
hotel, complete with underwater rooms offering views of life below the
surface of the sea.
The 'Water Discus Hotel', a spaceship-shaped
building perched in the water is set to be the first of several planned
across the region. The designers, Deep Ocean Technology (DOT),
hope the hotel will fulfil holidaymakers' desire to explore the depths
of the oceans. "Today, the advent of new technology made the heart
of the ocean a setting not only for diving, but also for luxurious
holidays," the Daily Mail quoted a spokesperson for BIG InvestConsult, a
Swiss company behind the development, as saying. The hotel will
comprise of two main discs, one above water and one below, that will be
connected by three 'legs' which contain lifts and stairways to plunge
guests from the sunshine above down beneath the surface of the sea. The
underwater section is located up to 10 metres deep and is comprises of
21 hotel rooms adjacent to the submerged dive centre and a bar. A
special lighting system will illuminate the flora and fauna outside and
the highest technology in the rooms will enable guests to zoom in and
take a closer look at even the tiniest creatures using macro
photography. DOT insists that it has kept to the highest safety requirements hence nobody needs to worry. The
height of the top disc is such that it can withstand a tsunami and any
flooding, while the underwater disc automatically surfaces at once in
the event of any danger.
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