September 9, 2015 by blueadmin
August 13, 2015 by blueadmin
Although winners have already been selected by a team of experts, now is the chance to vote for your personal favorite in Seasteading’s design contest. Cast your vote here and find out who wins the People’s Choice contest!
Voting ends on August 23rd at Midnight Pacific Time.
August 13, 2015 by blueadmin
Boundaries, an international architectural magazine focused on sustainable, socially engaged and humanitarian architecture, has featured the Floating Pavilion in Rotterdam. The article is part of a larger series on movable architecture. The issue is called “Tiny Architectures on the Move”.
You can read the whole article here.
August 3, 2015 by blueadmin
The design contest devoted to the Seasteading Institute’s Floating City Project has come to an end. The winners are announced! The contest was held during the spring of 2015 and was organized by DeltaSync and the Seasteading institute. Participants had to show their ideas for a floating city stationed in protected ocean waters. Two entries tied for first place. They both win $1500.
You can view all the winners here: http://www.seasteading.org/architectural-design-contest/”>http://www.seasteading.org/architectural-design-contest/
August 3, 2015 by blueadmin
Earlier this year a delegation from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Young Member Committee visited the Floating Pavilion in Rotterdam. The visit was part of a trip to the Netherlands which offered participants the opportunity to explore the various Dutch hydraulic engineering works that protect our country. At the Floating Pavilion a presentation was given on our Blue Revolution vision.
August 3, 2015 by blueadmin
In the last month Blue21 has been in contact with the Rockefeller foundation. Arranged by the RDC (Rotterdam Centre for Resilient Delta Cities) and the municipality, the members of RDC were invited to give a short presentation on what Dutch companies can contribute on increasing resilience of cities world-wide. During this presentation, two representatives of the Rockefeller foundation, Arnoud Molenaar (Chief Resillence Officer of Rotterdam) and Jose Baptista (Vice President For Platform Service Operations), were present.
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August 3, 2015 by blueadmin
Delft Outlook, the magazine for alumni of the Technical University Delft published an interview with Blue21 co-founder Rutger de Graaf about the BlueRevolution and how floating cities could function as ecosystem. You can read the interview here: http://delftoutlook.tudelft.nl/article/floating-city-ecosystem/
February 26, 2015 by blueadmin
Welcome to our new Blue21 website. For the past couple of months we have worked hard to create a beautiful, responsive and easy-to-navigate website. Although it is not fully completed yet you can already read about what we have to offer and what is happening within our work.