Architecture, urban planning and research in, on and next to water
Waterstudio.NL is an architectural firm located in the Netherlands that is confronting the challenge of developing solutions to the problems posed by urbanization and climate change. The prognosis is that by 2050 approximately 70% of the world’s population will live in urbanized areas. Given the fact that about 90% of the world’s largest cities are situated on the waterfront, we have arrived at a situation where we are forced to rethink the way we live with water in the built environment. Considering the unpredictability of future developments and unanticipated needs, we should come up with flexible strategies – planning for change. Our vision is that large-scale floating projects in an urban environment provide a tangible solution to these problems that are both flexible and sustainable.
How We Designed and Delivered Lyon’s Floating Theater: A Story of Vision, Engineering, and Cross-Border Collaboration
Creating a floating theater in the heart of Lyon was never going to be a conventional project. When our client won the tender, the concept was clear: a cultural venue for 350 people, floating on…
A Dutch Architect’s vision of cities that float on water
By Kyle Chayka The New yorker 2024.March.25 In a corner of the Rijksmuseum hangs a seventeenth-century cityscape by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Berckheyde, “View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht,” which depicts…
First Indian Resilient Floating House Prototype, the Bihar City App, is nearing completion
The integration of modern innovation with traditional practices signals the beginning of a more sustainable and adaptable future for Bihar's floodplains. Waterstudio initiated its applied research project on City Apps over a decade ago to…
