Multi storey floating hotel - has ring shaped superstructure supported on pontoon with lifts, stairs and ventilation shafts

摘要

A floating structure particularly intended for uses as a floating hotel, is built onto a pontoon which may be circular in plan, with a number of storeys for accommodation arranged one above the other. These can be ring shaped of decreasing diameter towards the top, leaving a central well. Staircases and lifts can be incorporated. The base of the pontoon is flat, and can incorporate underwater windows. The central well can be fitted with a suitable roof, or can be adapted as a helicopter landing deck. Propulsion units can be fitted around the periphery for rotating the vessel about its axis.