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a perspective for human development in the 21st century
Companies presentation

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

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

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

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DeltaSync, 2006
Floating Cities | IJmeer (DeltaSync, 2006)

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Floating Cities | GREEN FLOAT (Shimizu, 2008)

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Natural weather catastrophes
Munich Re

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Population density

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Population density

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Source: DeltaSync, 2013

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Concept | Closing the cycle

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Implementation | From vision to mission

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DeltaSync and Public Domain Architecten, 2009
Implementation | Defining a short term step

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Implementation | Building Process
Source: DeltaSync, 2010

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Esther Seijmonsberg
Implementation | The Result

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 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

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Stichting Rijnhavenpark, Stad op het Water & DeltaSync,
2011/2012
Projects | Rijnhaven Park,Rotterdam

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Stichting Rijnhavenpark, Stad op het Water & DeltaSync
Projects | Rijnhaven Park,Rotterdam

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Research| Testing and demonstration at RDM AquaDock
Stadshavens Rotterdam, 2015
Stadshavens Rotterdam, 2015

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Implementation | Harnaschpolder Delft
Source: DeltaSync, 2008

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Implementation | Building process
Source: DeltaSync, 2013

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Foto Olaf Janssen
Implementation | Result

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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

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Impacts of Floating Urbanization

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Research | Water quality/ecological impact floating structures

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Research | Water quality/ecological impact floating structures

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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.

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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Projects | Shifting Green Frontiers
Source: DeltaSync

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Projects | Feasibility study Dutch Government (MIT)

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Projects | Feasibility study Dutch Government (MIT)

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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.

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Projects | Floating Development Database

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Source:www.Seasteading.org
Projects| Seasteading Floating City Project

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Projects | Seasteading Floating City Project

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Source:DeltaSync/ Seasteading Institute 2013)
Projects | Seasteading Floating City Project

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 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

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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

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 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

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 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

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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