Technology
Floating city
The long-term goal
Path towards independence
Where
ArkPad has long-term goals of building a floating city south of the Philippines, near the Equator.
Jurisdictional Arbitrage
This city will use flags from different countries to practise 'jurisdictional arbitrage', an idea which allows every part of the village or city to pick its own laws based on the flagging country.
What it is for
This city will serve as the 'seed' for all future floating cities, and will allow people from all over the world to travel, live, and do business there.
What it might look like
A concept animation
The same structural system as the operating Reef Resort, drawn at settlement scale — platforms, breakwaters and aquaculture together.
Concept animation. It illustrates the idea; it is not a site plan for the city described above, and no location has been surveyed.
Status
A goal, not yet a project
ArkPad has one floating development operating today: the Reef Resort off Samal Island, open since September 2025 and hosting guests. That project is documented, photographed and independently reported, and it is the right place to start if you want to see what the company actually builds.
The city is a different order of thing, and the details that would let anyone evaluate it have not been published. There is no site beyond a region, no instrument, no minimum or target raise, no named permitting authority, no entity that would hold it, and no dated milestones. Jurisdictional arbitrage in particular is an untested legal theory rather than a settled arrangement — no flag state has agreed to anything described here.
Nothing on this page is a solicitation, an offer, or an indication of terms. Anyone considering supporting the project should take their own legal and financial advice.
Talk to us
Partner on the floating city
ArkPad is currently looking for partners to help fund this floating city. Please contact us below if you are interested in supporting or investing in this project. You can also email sales@arkpad.co directly.