A Dutch architect Chris Collaris, in collaboration with Ruben Esser, Sander Bakker, and Patrick van der Gronde, recently unveiled the Black Gold project: a city located inside a decommissioned oil tanker, as Gizmag reports.

The concept, called The Black Gold, imagines the storage tanks within the ship being adapted to house hotels, restaurants, museums, shops and apartments, while the base floor of the vessel could be used for big cultural event-based uses, such as concerts.

The double steel walls would ensure a sustainable climate buffer for the structure’s interiors, according to the designers.

Other design features of The Black Gold include a renovated deck accommodating a glass-bottomed swimming pool and a pedestrian night route built along the former deck piping.

The designers said the concept can be expanded in the future as the growth in eco-friendly fuels and the oversupply of crude oil renders many new vessels redundant.

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