Your global leading expert in floating architecture and urban development.
We design, research and realize floating projects in delta cities world-wide. Our belief is that we must shift from sustaining our planet to restoring it. Floating development can make cities more resilient, creates space for new eco-systems and enables bio-based economies to flourish.
Our Work
CONSULTANCY
Tap into our extensive network of international partners from all required fields of expertise. With 12 years of experience we know the steps required to make your project a success.
DESIGN
We design floating projects on any scale. From a single house to a complete island. From the conceptual phase to completion, we oversee and recruit the best partners for the job.
IMPLEMENTATION
The most fundamental aspect of any floating project is strategy. From the on-set we aim to achieve innovation of application, legislation and holism for all phases of the design process.
TECHNOLOGY
We work in collaboration with world-renowned research institutes to improve the available technologies, sustainable approaches and frameworks which floating design can offer.
Meet our people
Rutger de Graaf
Blue21
WATER INNOVATION ENTREPRENEUR
Bart Roeffen
Blue21
WATER PIONEER AND ARCHITECT
Karina Czapiewska
Blue21
WATER PIONEER AND REAL ESTATE EXPERT
Barbara Dal Bo Zanon
DeltaSync
ARCHITECT AND RESEARCHER
Meet our other water pioneers
Our Mission
With every project we want to contribute to our mission: realize floating cities with a positive impact on the planet. Because we believe that this way we can solve the biggest challenges of the 21st century: land scarcity, urban growth and climate change.
In the media
Blue21 speaks at Fly Seaport
On the 20th of June, Dr. Ir. Jan van Kessel, senior engineer in Floating City Development at Blue21, will speak […]
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Present at World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019 in Singapore
On the 23rd of April, co-founder of Blue21, Karina Czapiewska, will give a presentation on “Potential of Floating Urban Development […]
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Floating cities exhibition at WUHO gallery in LA
Happen to be in Los Angeles after April 13th? Drop by the WUHO gallery and have a look at the […]
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Blue21 presenting at symposium: "2050 Looking Back" in Rotterdam
Have you ever wondered what our world would look like in 2050? Where and how would we live in the […]
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