Oil Rigs
Architectural and design approaches to repurposing offshore oil infrastructure and platforms.
5 journals
Proximity Island: An Abandoned Oil Rig Reborn as a Vertical Cultural Ecosystem at Sea
Sasha Pokidova stacks galleries, research spaces and co-housing cells inside a sponge-like hexagonal skin, turning offshore industry into a micro-city.
Amidst the Tempest: Turning Defunct Mumbai High Oil Rigs into a Vertical Marine Campus
A UnIATA ’19 entry that keeps the columns and decks of an abandoned Arabian Sea rig and grafts on pods for research, rescue, energy and dwelling.
Narrative Poem of the Second Element: Turning an Oil Rig into a Water Museum
An abandoned offshore drilling platform becomes a museum-residential hybrid where water reclaims its role as protagonist of place.
Ecological Salvation: Turning Abandoned Oil Rigs into Living Museums of Environmental Hope
An adaptive reuse proposal transforms decaying Adriatic oil platforms into ecological museums, habitats, and renewable energy hubs.
Look at the future use of industrial structures: Proximity Island
Architectural Ideas for Repurposing Oil rigs
