Floating cities for human and ecological progress monitored real time by aquatic drones

a perspective for human development in the 21st century

Companies presentation

Floating Cities | l’Ile a Helice (Jules Vernes, 1895)

Floating Cities | Triton City (Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1966)

Floating Cities | Sea City of the Future (Walt Disney, 1984)

DeltaSync, 2006

Floating Cities | IJmeer (DeltaSync, 2006)

Floating Cities | GREEN FLOAT (Shimizu, 2008)

Natural weather catastrophes

Munich Re

Population density

Population density

Source: DeltaSync, 2013

Concept | Closing the cycle

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Implementation | From vision to mission

DeltaSync and Public Domain Architecten, 2009

Implementation | Defining a short term step

Implementation | Building Process

Source: DeltaSync, 2010

Esther Seijmonsbergen

Implementation | The Result

Vision & process• Propose initial idea to the municipality• Involved from very first start to completion• Engage and involve stakeholders

Design• Concept development• Architecture

Consultancy• Location scan • Business case

The Floating Pavilion | Our role

Stichting Rijnhavenpark, Stad op het Water & DeltaSync, 2011/2012

Projects | Rijnhaven Park,Rotterdam

Stichting Rijnhavenpark, Stad op het Water & DeltaSync

Projects | Rijnhaven Park,Rotterdam

Research| Testing and demonstration at RDM AquaDock

Stadshavens Rotterdam, 2015

Stadshavens Rotterdam, 2015

Implementation | Harnaschpolder Delft

Source: DeltaSync, 2008

Implementation | Building process

Source: DeltaSync, 2013

Foto Olaf Janssen

Implementation | Result

Harnashpolder, Delft | Our role (in the first years of project)

• Expert knowledge and guide future citizens

• Cost estimations

• Feasibility studies- Technical (e.g.: draft, systems)- Economic, plots- Planning, legal, zoning- Water quality and ecology

• Technical integration- Floating systems- Utilities- Sustainability

• Stakeholder management- Waterboard, utilities, municipality- Citizens

Future citizen Olaf Jansen (now founder of company Balance d’eau) with the plan of his future house

Impacts of Floating Urbanization

Research | Water quality/ecological impact floating structures

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Research | Water quality/ecological impact floating structures

INDYMO – Monitoring water quality

Visuals – Life under floating platforms

Insight into the aquatic environment.

The type of fish and aquatic organisms present and

bio-diversity, are indicators of the ecological state of

water bodies.

INDYMO Underwater drones | Our role

• Initiated and executed first research project with consortium

• Applied for subsidies

• Co-founded Indymo

• Brought in research and entrepreneurship experience

• Tackled big obstacle for floating developments

Research | Ecosystem oriented design

Positive impact in aquatic life: opportunity for the implementation of eco-measures together with floating projects to ensure/maximize/enhance ecosystem

“In the Markermeer we want to connect humans back to nature. By letting them reside on water and contribute to the ecological system in a positive way (…). The floating homes will contribute to the water quality, habitat restoration and will offer a new nature experience that can be a showcase for urbanizing deltas all over the world.”

The dream

Floating habitat with positive impact on the planet

The floating structures of buildings and piers offer the opportunity to create floating and underwater surfaces

that can be colonized by algae (1) and mussels (2). Algae extract inorganic nutrients, releasing oxygen to the

environment, whereas mussels filter the water, feeding with organic nutrients. In addition to algae and mussels,

floating helophyte filters (4) can be placed next to the platforms, removing dissolved organic matter and

diffusing oxygen through their roots. The presence of floating and underwater structures could have an effect

on the current speed and the transportation of sediments. As the current slows down, it loses the energy to

hold particles in suspension and sedimentation occurs. In areas under the floating platforms, silt could

potentially be collected (5). The dynamics and interactions among platforms, lake water and ecology should be

tested and monitored. The knowledge gained will be used to improve productivity and ecological performances

within the project.

Floating habitat as a biological water treatment machine

Projects | Shifting Green Frontiers

Source: DeltaSync

Projects | Feasibility study Dutch Government (MIT)

Projects | Feasibility study Dutch Government (MIT)

Projects | Space@sea

Objectives:1. Develop a sustainable, low cost modular floater design for multiple applications

and functions;2. Demonstrate three business cases for different locations and applications to be

developed showing the cost reduction potential;3. Further reduce the installation and maintenance costs of the multi-use platform;4. Specify and conceptually design applications for the modular floater such as

Energyhub@Sea, Living@Sea, Farming@Sea, Transport&Logistics@Sea;5. Contribute to societal acceptance of working and living on floating islands.

Projects | Floating Development Database

Source:www.Seasteading.org

Projects| Seasteading Floating City Project

Source:DeltaSync/ Seasteading Institute 2013)

Projects | Seasteading Floating City Project

Source:DeltaSync/ Seasteading Institute 2013)

Projects | Seasteading Floating City Project

Vision & process• Strategic advice• Fact finding missions• Diplomacy

Design• Concept development• Architectural design

Consultancy• Technical Feasibility• Economic feasibility• Environmental impact assesment

Seasteading Floating City Project | Our role

Creating floating citieswith a positive impact

on the planet

Real Projects

Create Awareness

Scientific Evidence

• Strategic collaborations (Seasteading, Marin)

• Innovations (design and technology)

• Influence policy and decision makers

• Floating Pavilion Rotterdam

• Harnaschpolder Ecohouses

• Floating Islands Project

• Website & Social Media

• Newsletters

• Lectures

• Journalists

• Global Land Scarcity Article

• Potential Floating Production Article

• PhD Thesis innovations in urban water

• Environmental Impacts, drones

What we do

Projects (Client-Consultant relation)• Rotterdam in Floating Pavilion Project• Delft in Harnaschpolder• Seasteading for Floating city Project

Awareness (mostly own initiative)• Spread the word, create global awareness• Also in collaboration with partners (e.g. Seasteading

Instite, Topsectors Dutch Government)

Research (joint subsidy or commissioned)• EU Subsidies, e.g. with Marin, Deltares, DuraVermeer• National Subsidies, alone or with partners e.g. Rotterdam

University• Dutch Government: Deltaprogram, Topsector Water

How we work

DeltaSync• Founded in 2007• Delivering knowledge and creativity for floating urban

development• Now mainly engineering and architecture contractor in

Blue21 projects

Blue21• Founded in 2015• Inspire and enable society to create floating cities with a

positive impact on the planet• International sales and business development, global

awareness, platform for network and collaboration

DeltaSync and Blue21

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Research-based design• Evidence based big vision• Not just nice pictures

Work with policy makers and elected officials• Link with the ambitions of government,

make them enthusiastic• Understand their position• Not a blueprint but dynamic process

Be practical and flexible• Collaborate with partners• Work with fire authorities, waterboards,

port authorities, utility companies• Study technical and economic feasibility

From dream to reality: our approach

For more information:

Dr. ir. Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther

T: +31 152561872

C: +31 616308790

E: rutger@blue21.nl

www.blue21.nl

www.indymo.nl