Floating Roof The Urban Project

Rotterdam has plans to build floating urban districts for living shopping working and recreating on the water and of the 13 000 climate proof homes planned by 2040 1 200 of them will be on.

Floating roof the urban project.

Floating roof tanks is which the roof floats directly on top of the product. A very mies building with a clear and radical idea put on a very minimal yet detailed structure. Urban rigger floating housing. External floating roofis where the roof floats on the product in an open tank and the roof is open to atmosphere.

There are 2 types of floating roof. Internal floating roofis where the roof floats on the product in a fixed roof tank. Take a tour on the urban rigger. The building is 64 8m long with only 2 steel columns on each side which free the corners giving the building a lightweight look.

Creating a tension between the positive and negative urban space. The dominant expression of land and water are both blurred under the floating roof. Floating office rotterdam for is a green roofed solar powered office on the water that s due to begin construction soon. Jerry koza along with engineer tomas kalhous and architect adam jirkal spent years finding the right location and obtaining permissions.

For will be located in rotterdam s rijnhaven port and will serve as a new. According to the research project. Urban rigger is a unique design protected patented floating flexible energy efficient and mobile property totalling 745 m2 spread over 300 m2 of housing 9 3 individual student residences of respectively 23m2 30m2 a 160 m2 shared green courtyard kayak dock bathing platform and bbq area as well as 65 m2 communal roof terrace. Kachaamy s floating architecture more than a decade in development is one of the star attractions on display at dubai design week from november 11 16.

In the floating roof house in kobe masahiro miyake y m design office returns to a theme that has attracted a lot of interest the concept of the home as a small community going beyond the anonymity of the urban façade and appearing as a place packed with meaning.