Presentation of the why, how, what (vision, projects and activities) of our companies Blue21, Deltasync and Indymo. Presentation explains the urgency of a Blue Revolution by creating floating cities that are in symbiosis with their environment. Ecological impacts are monitored with underwater drones.
20. 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
27. 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
31. 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.
32. 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
33. 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
34. “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
35. 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
39. 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.
45. Creating floating cities
with 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
46. 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
47. 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
49. 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
50. 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