Die Floating Farm ist im Wesentlichen eine kompakte, dreifach gestapelte Struktur, die 40 Milchkühe beherbergt. Die Farm schwimmt im Hafen der M4H-Entwicklungszone in Rotterdam, einem Gebiet, das innovative und experimentelle Aktivitäten anregen und erleichtern soll. Der Entwurf ist im Wesentlichen ein landwirtschaftliches Gebäude, das auf nautischen Prinzipien basiert.
Organization, structural principles and use of materials serve to improve buoyancy and stability. The result is a stacked organization that places all heavy structural and technical components in the submerged part of the building. All important and transparent functions are located in a light structure on the top of the building.
The result is a three-layer facade that ranges from concrete to translucent polycarbonate to a completely open facade. Three connected concrete pontoons house the production of fruit (ingredients for yoghurt), rainwater and sewage recycling and additional installations. On the upper floor of the factory, milk and yoghurt processing, the feeding system, fertilizer utilization and retail trade are connected.
The covered cow garden is supported by a manure cleaning robot and a milking robot as well as various elements of animal welfare. The two galleries around the Kuhgarten - vertically connected by two steel bridges - line up different atmospheric rooms to form an educational route. Along this route, visitors get an insight into all the activities on the farm without disrupting operations.
Used material:
- Sandwich totalaal - interior walls & interior sliding doors
- Brett Martin - polycarbonate facade panels and external sliding doors
- Dejo - floor plates with steel grating
- V17 Agro - rubber floor mat cow garden
- Kagetec - floor tiles
- Benecke - concrete pontoons
- Airkoe - external curtain system
- Easyfix - cow boxes & fences
- Lely - milking and manure robot
- Hemelwater - rainwater recycling plant
