公開日: 2012/11/27
Vision Koen Olthuis
Title: FLOAT! Flexible Land On Aquatic Territory
Location: UP Experience, Houston, USA
http://www.theupexperience.net
http://www.waterstudio.nl
Koen Olthuis is the founder of the Dutch architectural firm Waterstudio, NL that specializes in floating structures to counter concerns and impact of floods due to climate change and rising sea levels. During his UP presentation -- A Sustainable Future on the Waterfront -- Koen will share his vision for literally building entire communities -- and cities -- that float! He studied architecture and industrial design at the Delft University of Technology, and has a patent on the methodology for producing a "floating base." In 2007, Koen was listed as one of "the most influential people in the world" in a readers' poll by TIME magazine due to the worldwide interest in water developments. The French magazine Terra Eco chose him as one of the "100 green persons that will change the world" in 2011.
Title: FLOAT! Flexible Land On Aquatic Territory
Location: UP Experience, Houston, USA
http://www.theupexperience.net
http://www.waterstudio.nl
Koen Olthuis is the founder of the Dutch architectural firm Waterstudio, NL that specializes in floating structures to counter concerns and impact of floods due to climate change and rising sea levels. During his UP presentation -- A Sustainable Future on the Waterfront -- Koen will share his vision for literally building entire communities -- and cities -- that float! He studied architecture and industrial design at the Delft University of Technology, and has a patent on the methodology for producing a "floating base." In 2007, Koen was listed as one of "the most influential people in the world" in a readers' poll by TIME magazine due to the worldwide interest in water developments. The French magazine Terra Eco chose him as one of the "100 green persons that will change the world" in 2011.
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TEDxWarwick - Koen Olthuis - Floating City Apps.flv
公開日: 2012/03/26
Koen Olthuis studied Architecture and Industrial Design at the Delft University of Technology. He is founder of the Dutch architectural firm Waterstudio.NL that specializes in floating structures to counter concerns of floods, which are both a local concern (since one-third of the Netherlands is reclaimed land) as well as a global one, due to the possible effects of climate change. In 2007 he was chosen as number 122 on TIME Magazine's list of the most influential people in the world due to the worldwide interest in water developments. In his vision, today's designers are an essential part of the climate change generation. New and expected climate effects, together with the pressure on space through urbanization, will push our design targets beyond the waterfront. This involves not only developing architectural concepts and typologies, but also a new sustainable way of dealing with water as well as a dynamic approach to city planning.
By introducing new innovative concepts and visions we can achieve positive and sustainable architectural, urban, social and environmental results while dealing with water management problems at the same time.
With floating architecture we can create high-quality living space on water, offering equal comfort, cost of ownership and lifespan as traditional building methods. Moreover, using existing urban water as building ground offers space for new density, offering opportunities for cities worldwide to respond flexibly to climate change and urbanization.
The first city in which this vision is being developed, is The Westland, near The Hague in Holland. This project incorporates both floating social housing, floating islands, and floating apartment buildings.
A sustainable future lies beyond the waterfront!
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Top 10 trends Towards Floating Cities Koen Olthuis at TEDxVilnius
公開日: 2014/02/26
By introducing new innovative concepts and visions we can achieve positive and sustainable architectural, urban, social and environmental results while dealing with water management problems at the same time.
With floating architecture we can create high-quality living space on water, offering equal comfort, cost of ownership and lifespan as traditional building methods. Moreover, using existing urban water as building ground offers space for new density, offering opportunities for cities worldwide to respond flexibly to climate change and urbanization.
The first city in which this vision is being developed, is The Westland, near The Hague in Holland. This project incorporates both floating social housing, floating islands, and floating apartment buildings.
A sustainable future lies beyond the waterfront!
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Top 10 trends Towards Floating Cities Koen Olthuis at TEDxVilnius
公開日: 2014/02/26
Koen Olthuis (1971) "the Floating Dutchman" studied Architecture and Industrial Design at the Delft University of Technology. In 2007 he was chosen as nr. 122 on the Time Magazine list of most influential people in the world due to the worldwide interest in water developments. The French magazine Terra Eco chooses him as one of the 100 green persons that will change the world in 2011.
In his vision today's designers are an essential part of the climate change generation and should start to enhance their perspective on urban components to become dynamic instead of static. His solution called City Apps, are floating urban components that add a certain function to the existing static grid of a city. Using existing urban water as building ground offers space for new density, offering worldwide opportunities for cities to respond flexibly to climate change and urbanization.
The first city, in which this vision is being developed, is The Westland, near The Hague in Holland. This project incorporates both floating social housing, floating islands, and floating apartment buildings. In 2010, the government of the Maldives agreed to develop a floating city, floating islands, floating golf courses, floating hotels and a floating conference centre in a joint venture, as a solution to the problems caused by rising sea levels and also to encourage social and economic advancement.
A sustainable future lies beyond the waterfront!
In his vision today's designers are an essential part of the climate change generation and should start to enhance their perspective on urban components to become dynamic instead of static. His solution called City Apps, are floating urban components that add a certain function to the existing static grid of a city. Using existing urban water as building ground offers space for new density, offering worldwide opportunities for cities to respond flexibly to climate change and urbanization.
The first city, in which this vision is being developed, is The Westland, near The Hague in Holland. This project incorporates both floating social housing, floating islands, and floating apartment buildings. In 2010, the government of the Maldives agreed to develop a floating city, floating islands, floating golf courses, floating hotels and a floating conference centre in a joint venture, as a solution to the problems caused by rising sea levels and also to encourage social and economic advancement.
A sustainable future lies beyond the waterfront!
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