Dreamed up by French architect Jacques Rougerie, this is the City of Mériens – a giant floating city designed to give scientists a place to live while they conduct research on the surrounding ocean. The futuristic research facility would stretch 900 metres by 500 metres, and would house up to 7,000 scientists and students from all over the world, offering them an array of laboratories, classrooms, lecture halls, living quarters, and dedicated areas for leisure activities and sports, to facilitate long-term research projects.