Strange and Bizarre Structures
ABC News
The Citadel, the world’s first floating apartment complex, gives a new meaning to waterfront property. The Netherlands, which is mostly wetlands, faces the issue of pumping out water to protect tracts of land below sea level, known as polders. The Citadel was designed by Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio in the Netherlands as part of the New Water development, an urban development built on a former polder in the city of Westland. Construction for the Citadel will begin in March 2010. When completed, the building will include 60 luxury apartments, a car park and a floating road. The complex will utilize greenhouses and water-cooling techniques to promote environmental sustainability.
NRC: “Save the world, build on water”
“From mosque to living area, everything can be built floating. Koen Olthuis does it scarless.”
Red de wereld, bouw op water
Written by NRC Handelsblad, Tracy Metz
De Volkskrant about Waterstudio.NL:
New water ‘The most concrete and advanced project in the field of living on water in The Netherlands’
Bouwen op water
Written by de Volkskrant, Wouter Keuning
