#floating structures

[intelligentliving]

These Floating Homes Are Ideal For Flood Risk Areas

Grimshaw and Concrete Valley are developing Modular Water Dwellings for areas at risk from rising sea levels. According to IPCC, sea levels could rise to 1.1 meters by 2100, primarily due to rising temperatures melting the ice caps and the expansion of seawater as it warms. The floating houses would...

[ekainfra2020]

News Bulletin : December 2021 - Issue 1 – EKA INFRA CONSULTANTS

1.The new project seeks to improve understanding of floating PV systems A joint research project has been established to further develop floating PV power plants under real-world conditions over a three-year period. PV2Float is a collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, RWE Renewables, and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) and is being funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

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Prototype

Rinaldo Donzelli. 

This is a model of a large luminous floating structure, designed by Italian artist and designer Rinaldo Donzelli (1921-1984), in early 60s. The structure was designed to settle in lake Como at a city party. 

Thanks to Bruno Munari with whom he made a profound friendship that then became a fruitful collaboration that would last a lifetime.

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[bauhaus-summerschool]

Course description

How to use design and material science to meet one of the biggest challenges facing mankind 

The course provides in-depth knowledge of designing and planning eco-friendly floating structures made of renewable composite materials in both theory and practice. Through a series of lectures, workshops, and guided project work, this course focuses on specific material development and understanding project-related research work. We will discuss approaches and possible solutions to pressing issues, such as the effects of rising sea levels on urban planning concepts, especially in heavily populated coastal areas and cities located near river estuaries. Here, the question of applying eco-friendly material systems play a central role: how much can floating structures with sustainable resources be realized and how can such sustainable solutions be informed by the development of new materials?

In addition to an analysis of current proposed solutions, participants will be asked to formulate possible responses for selected geographical and socio-economic hotspots with the use of eco-friendly material compounds. In guided workshops, the participants will develop their own lightweight materials from sustainable resources and characterize their qualities.

A look behind the scenes at one of Germany's most renowned research institutes, the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials in Halle, will highlight application-based research as well as underscore the vital nature of the collaboration of designers, scientists and theoreticians for future projects. Discussions and the exchange of ideas with instructional staff, research associates, and other colleagues will also enhance the participants' personal experience.

[flipermag]

FLiPER 潮流藝文誌 上的新文章

Fliper Mag 的新文章 http://flipermag.com/2014/08/21/koen-olthuis-the-ocean-flower/

人間最後一處秘境 漂浮雪花旅館 2016 年問世

如果有一天因為全球暖化的問題海平面真的上升的話，你第一件想做的事情會是什麼？建築設計師 Koen Olthuis 就因為這樣的環境議題而設計出這座漂浮旅館，位在挪威由玻璃打造而成的雪花造型旅館即將於 2016 年問世，除了應有盡有的設備之外，還能在這片寂靜的海上觀賞到最完整的極光，人生如此，夫復何求阿！

另外這樣的漂浮設計概念也能在馬爾地夫的群島上看見，跟雪花旅館不同的是 The Greenstar 外型和星星相似，和自然共存的建築理念，讓你在這樣的島上度假的同時，真正的和大自然合而為一，放鬆自己的心情。

這座 The Ocean Flower 算是馬爾地夫漂浮建築的先驅，也就是說無論海平面上升多少的高度，這座旅館也不會隨著淹沒，雖然跟上述的 The Greenstar同樣位在馬爾地夫，不過卻是兩座完全不同的建築，除此之外這座島的便利性也有兼顧，只要搭船約莫 20 分鐘的時間就能到達當地的國際機場，這位設計師的設計理念除了可以應付環境問題之外，也兼顧美麗的造型外觀，真的讓人非常佩服。