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Floating Pavilion featured in CAS summit promotional video

Floating Pavilion featured in CAS summit promotional video

The Blue21 office, the Floating Pavilion Rotterdam has featured in the promotional videos for this years, CASsummit2021 with former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon mentioned. We are delighted to have been selected as a means of showcasing climate adaption...

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Climate Resilient Urban Areas: Available now

Climate Resilient Urban Areas: Available now

Blue21 co-founder, Rutger de Graaf has edited the newly published book, Climate Resilient Urban Areas: Governance, design and development in coastal delta cities. This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change...

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Blue21 features in Netherlands Water Partnership article

Blue21 features in Netherlands Water Partnership article

The Netherlands Water Partnership has recently shared an article to spread awareness of the achievements and goals of Blue21 and how they align with initiatives of the Netherlands Water Partnership. As highlighted by Blue21 cofounder, Rutger de Graaf, "Around the...

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PtW-WCFS2020 Video Announcement

PtW-WCFS2020 Video Announcement

Paving the Waves: the 2nd world conference on floating solutions has announced that the first of the conference videos are now available online. We would like to thank everyone for their participation and support of the organization of PtW-WCFS2020. It has been...

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Technical, comfort and safety requirements of Living@Sea

Technical, comfort and safety requirements of Living@Sea

The Space@Sea report on “Technical, comfort and safety requirements of Living@Sea” is now also available! Living@Sea aims to address the conceptualization of marine floating islands that are intended for human habitation (i.e., living, working, recreation). Regulatory...

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Living at Sea Business Case Report

Living at Sea Business Case Report

“Living@Sea business case” report from the 3-year (2017-2020) EU Horizon2020-funded research project, Space@Sea, is now available.  Conducted by DeltaSync & Blue21, the business case investigated into the financial feasibility for the use of floating modular...

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Conceptualization and Design Exploration of Living@Sea Report

Conceptualization and Design Exploration of Living@Sea Report

The report “Conceptualization and Design Exploration of Living@Sea” is now available! Within the 3-year (2017-2020) EU Horizon2020-funded research project, Space@Sea, Work Package 7 Living@Sea, explores how living space at sea can be accommodated on modular floating...

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