Category: Novel Floating Ideas

Powerhouse Company reveals floating off-grid office in Rotterdam

Floating library in Semarang

An indirect consequence of the disruption to global maritime trade from the coronavirus pandemic is the potential rise of non-indigenous species and their spread. These days, vessels are anchored for unusually long periods. Idle and waiting, vessels see the emergence of biofouling, resulting in the growth of ecosystems that can…

By some accounts, French Polynesia is heaven on Earth. It’s a collection of 118 tropical islands and atolls spread across a wide expanse of the Pacific. (Perhaps you’ve heard of Tahiti.) And yet, thanks to erosion, land subsidence, and sea level rise, parts of this paradise are threatened with sinking…

The Mega-Float, a very large offshore floating structure, is regarded as material for structuring of social capital in the new future. Experiments using an actual-scale model 1 000 m long were carrid out by Technological Research Association of Mega-Float under Director-General Kentaro Aikawa, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Senior Corporate…

This floating farm in the Netherlands is taking sustainability to a whole other water level. The food industry is responsible for producing massive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions simply through transporting goods and produce into a city. In fact, one in four freight trucks on the highway is responsible for…

There is a whole lot of floating going on in the Netherlands. That is not surprising when you consider that 26% of the country is below sea level. But sometimes you have to wonder: is it a gimmick or is floating a serious way to address the challenges of sea…

Singapore’s participation in the 2006 edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the largest international offshore oil and gas exhibition, was organised by ASMI at the request of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. Singapore made its inaugural appearance in OTC in 2005 in a national pavilion led by IE Singapore. The…

Living with Water: Lessons from Singapore and Rotterdam documents the journey of two unique cities, Singapore and Rotterdam—one with too little water, and the other with too much water—in adapting to future climate change impacts. While the social, cultural, and physical nature of these cities could not be more different,…

Inspired by the strong and lightweight organic form of honeycombs, the Housing & Development Board created hexagonal modules which could join together in a compact manner to form “floating spaces” on water bodies. The Floating Wetlands System is able to support the weight of plants, soil and maintenance workers, while…