Floating city IJmeerDemonstration project for Delta technology

The concept of the Floating City is developed by the group TU Delft Delta Sync 04:

RUTGER DE GRAAF PhD Student Water ManagementMICHIEL FREMOUWMsc Student Building TechnologyBART VAN BUERENMsc Student Architecture & Building TechnologyKARINA CZAPIEWSKAMsc Student Real Estate & HousingMAARTEN KUIJPERMsc Student Civil Engineering

Floating city IJmeerDemonstrationproject for Delta technology

Part I: Deltacompetion and Deltasync

DeltacompetitionWhat was it about?

• 125th anniversary of Royal Haskoning

• International competion for students (Phd, MSc, BSc)

• Developing innovative solutions for deltas all over the world

DeltacompetitionSome figures• 33 teams from various countries • 3.5 TU Delft teams among the best 5• International scientific jury of 8 judges

– Prof. Ir. L. de Quelerij, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and geosciences, Delft University of Technology

– Prof. Dr. P. Hooimeijer, Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht – Prof. Dr. R. A. Meganck, Director of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education– Prof. Dr. R.J. Nicholls, Director of research and Deputy Head of School of Civil Engineering

and the Environment, University of Southampton– Dr. A. Datta, GPA Coordination Office (The Netherlands), United Nations Environment

Programme – Dr. Ir. M.J. van der Vlist, Senior Water Management Advisor, Ministry of Transport, Public

Works and Water Management– Dr. J.M. Visser, Associate Professor at the Coastal Ecology Institute of the Louisiana State

University – Mr. C.Th. Smit, Director of the Spatial Development Division, Royal Haskoning

Deltasync initiative• Group of 4 teams of TU Delft from 6 faculties

– Delta Sync 01: Ganges Delta

– Delta Sync 02: Pearl River Delta (2nd prize)

– Delta Sync 03: Mississippi Delta (4th prize)

– Delta Sync 04: Rhine Delta (1st prize)

Deltasync timeline• January 2006: Ties Rijcken en Gertjan de Werk discuss about

joining the Deltacompetition• February 2006: Kick off workshop• March 2006: Interim presentation for TU Delft expert meeting• April 2006: Teambuilding and brainstorm weekend Ardennes

Belgium• May 2006: Group discussions and meetings• June 2006: Teams start mutual review procedure and design

common lay out• 1 July 2006: Papers submitted to jury• 19 Oktober 2006: Deltacompetion awards

3 ‘languages’3 ‘languages’

Draw

DesignTechnology

Calculate

Negotiate

Society

Interdisciplinary approach

Modified after Tjallingii, 2005

Part II: Floating City IJmeer

AnalysisNational objectives

• Anticipation on climate change

• Development the knowledge-based economy

• Sustainability

AnalysisAnticipation on climate change

2005

1970

1900

AnalysisPossible strategy

• Optimization: stronger dikes and damage reduction

• System innovation: Experimenting with types of to urbanization which do not increase expected risk (chance x damage)

Example: Floating residential area

AnalysisDevelopment of knowledge-based economy

Analysis

Development of knowledge-based economy• Lisbon objectives: focus on science, technology and

sustainability for further economic growth (EC,2003)• But: net migration of educated people to the US (EC,

2003)• Region of Amsterdam the 11th place on investments in

R&D in Europe (Region Randstad, 2005)

Parasitic behavior of cities

IN: OUT:Water WasteEnergy HeatSpace CO2Materials Water

depletionFood Nutrients

Analysis

Water

Food

Energy

Wastewater

Heat City

Surrounding area

Water depletion

Pollution Nutrients

Precipitation

CO2 Water nuisance

• Source control• Utilization of local resources• Limit use of space-> combine functions• Use outgoing flows

Analysis

Characteristics Sustainable Water City

IntermezzoWhy Amsterdam - Almere

as case?• High demand on space

because of multiplicity of competing functions

• The Dutch north wing is of national importance

• Room for innovation?

Bron: Stuurgroep Verkenning IJmeer

AnalysisRegional issues Amsterdam -

Almere• Mobility• Housing shortage • Strengthening economic axis

Almere-Amsterdam-Schiphol• Important bird migration route• Development of recreation and

tourism

StrategyPicture perfect development in this region

• Contributes to innovation

• Managing mobility and housing shortage

• Reinforces ecological structure

• Reinforces economical project as ‘de Zuidas’

• Attraction for tourism

• Potential for water recreation

ConceptFloating city IJmeer

• Innovative transferring knowledge into practice – Building technology: floating base– Sustainable energy: local heat

storage– Water technology: decentralized

approach

Bron: KIWA Water Research

Bron: Deerns

Bron, Rijcken,2003

Building Technology

Kuijper, 2006

Concept• Mobility

– Floating highway– Metro to Zuidas

and Almere– Water taxi

Almere Amsterdam

ConceptFloating city IJmeer

• Anticipate on climate change – Urbanizing without increasing risk– Gaining experience with alternative options

urbanization provides diversity for society

• Ecology– Reinforcement ecological structure by large-scale

construction of wetlands

ConceptFloating city IJmeer

• Tourism and recreation – Workshop ‘geuzentrots in het

waterbeheer’: Make something a Chinese would want to photograph himself with!’

– Numerous possibilities for water recreation

ConceptFloating city IJmeer

• Economy– Succes of Zuidas project as

European no 1. location depends also on availability high-quality housing locations

– Exporting of Delta technology by demonstrating it first on the home market

From vision to realityWhat’s next ?

• Involving stakeholders – Ministeries (V&W,EZ, VROM)– Provinces (North-Holland, Flevoland)– Municipalities (Amsterdam, Almere)– Public utilities– Private parties (builders, developers, inhabitants)

• Formulating and working out research agenda

Form vision to reality

What’s next?

Transitiemanagement cyclus (Kemp en Loorbach, 2004)