| As part of my Minor at Rotterdam Mainport Institue, I was asked to design and build a remote controlled sailboat. The hull is made from 0,5 mm thin cherry veneer, which is made waterproof with bees-wax. Rudder and keel are formed and soldered from 0,3 mm brass sheet. The 3 kg keel bulb is turned from a solid piece of brass. The mast is made from a 10mm aluminium tube and the sails are from recycled nylon fabric. | |
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| LOCATION | Rotterdam |
| YEAR | 2023 |
| DESIGN | Emil Hübner, Noortje van Alphen, Willem van Duijn, Lucas Visser, Maurice van der Wal |
Futureproof public space design must deal with a climate that is heating up rapidly and an increase in heavy rainfall that threatens to flood our cities.
Cars will hopefully disappear from our citys soon, and to accelerate that, I propose to invest in next level bicycle infrastructure.
The lowest floor and the outer walls form a large basin that acts as an open rainwater collection tank that also gives citizens a place to cool down on the hot summer days.
The deconstruction forms a multilayerd landscape that hosts a floating stage for performances, gathering spaces and a sheltered walks where people can enjoy the fresh air without getting wet when it is raining.
