Floating Future project kicks off!
This five year research project explores the upscaling of floating constructions for living, working, and food and energy production from governance, technological and ecological perspective. The project involves a total of 44 stakeholders that cover a wide range of domains, who will work actively together on different case studies to ensure a high societal impact.
During the project kick-off, the full consortium gathered in Rotterdam. 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 the unique Floating Pavilion at RDM Campus – no venue more suited for starting this project. During an inspiring and highly interactive co-creation event, the participants built miniature versions of future floating constructions for varying applications. The complementary backgrounds of stakeholders contributed to designs with social, economic, and ecological win-wins.
Floating Future participants were enthusiastic. Tjeerd Bouma, NIOZ: ‘The floating future project has a lot of potential for humanity, by creating space for living, food production or energy generation.’ Eefke Huisman, Open University: ‘I’m really looking forward to create impact together!’
For an extensive public summary of the kick-off meeting, check:
And the impression video of the kickoff.
