Photography courtesy the Yntegra Group
By 2060, up to 60% of Miami could be underwater, according to researchers. However, the city has been innovating in flood defence systems and embracing floating architecture – particularly within the leisure and hospitality sectors, as demonstrated by this floating padel court.
The floating padel court was commissioned by the Yntegra Group, led by CEO Felipe MacLean, and is currently moored in Miami Harbour, just off Fisher Island. It is described as the first of its kind, sustainably constructed from recycled steel sourced from shipyards and weighing in at 84 tonnes.
The court is both engine and battery-free, yet fully transportable. It is available for private hire in Miami until May 2025, after which it will be moved to the Bahamas, where it will become a feature of Yntegra’s Rosewood Exuma project, developed in partnership with Rosewood Hotels & Resorts.
Padel is one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. Invented in 1969 by a husband-and-wife duo, Viviana and Enrique Corcuera, the racquet sport now boasts over 30 million players worldwide. Played with a stringless wooden racquet, padel follows tennis scoring conventions but is usually played in doubles on an enclosed court that is typically half the size of a tennis court.
