An interview with engineer and entrepreneur Rutger de Graaf about the added value of floating construction
🌊 ‘Floating construction fits well with water and soil control’ Nationaal Deltaprogramma Deltanieuws interviewed our co-founder Rutger de Graaf – “how floating construction can contribute to ‘water and soil steering’”. The interview covered critical topics such as safety, social acceptance, water quality, and ecological impact, all of which are important aspects for scaling up floating construction. Read the […]
Floating Future project kicks off!
The full Floating Future consortium gathered in Rotterdam on 17th April 2024 to jointly kick off the project. The societal relevance of the project was shown by presentations from the City of Rotterdam, which highlighted the necessity for innovative (floating) solutions that combine living, leisure, and water storage needs. Water taxis brought the team to […]
Project Advisory Committee (PAC)
Our internal Project Advisory Committee (PAC) met for the first time. In the next 5 years, the PAC will have a key role in critically reflecting on the research approach and results of our project.
Koen Olthuis: The Future of Our Water
In H2o Magazine, Floating Future partner and member of our Project Advisory Committee Koen Olthuis van Waterstudio.NL makes an urgent plea for room for experimentation for a floating city in the Netherlands. Koen Olthuis is making an urgent appeal to make one of the 3,500 polders in our country available for a floating city. “Please […]
Lecture of Pernille van der Plank
On the 26th of April 2024, Pernille van der Plank (Taskleader within Floating Future) delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor of Property Law at the Open Universiteit. The theme was particularly fascinating and relevant, namely: “Water lease as water law: On the private law right to water plots”. This is perhaps the subject that has […]
Interesting article in response to the new delta scenarios
Interesting article in response to the new delta scenarios. The report shows opportunities to redesign the country to become future-proof: dike elevations, river widening, construction-free zones in floodplains. But also by “living with water”, for example by building floating homes or houses on stilts. The Blue Revolution Foundation, together with MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands), […]
Interview of Margo van den Brink
Interesting interview with our WP leader for Governance Margo Van Den Brink of University of Groningen. Margo describes the shift from fighting against water to living with water highlighting many interesting projects such as Room for the Rivers but also our Floating Future projects, all while stressing the importance of spatial quality. Olaf Waals Rutger de Graaf Tjeerd Bouma Pernille van der […]
Kick-off of Floating Future Project
We have started! More than 4 years after Olaf Waals and Rutger de Graaf had their first meeting about the initial research idea, and years of consortium building and proposal writing, we had the official kickoff of our research project Floating Future today. It was a unique day which brought together a rare combination of scientific domains, businesses, governments […]
Podcast: Overcoming Obstacles to Floating Neighborhoods
Are we on the brink of a shift from land-based living to water-bound communities? While the technical feasibility of floating neighborhoods offers a solution to urban space constraints, legal hurdles still abound. For example, getting a mortgage for a floating terraced house or apartment is still impossible. You can hear how that works from the […]
Pioneering Floating Construction in Innovation Workshop
On 5 April, Willem Jan Landman van Circular Floating Districts bv gave a guest lecture on floating construction in the Innovation Workshop of our consortium partner Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Innovation Workshops (IWPs) are physical or virtual places within the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen where research, education and professional practice come together. In these IWPs, […]