Flood barriers

The Floating Gardens is a storm surge protective infrastructural response in Vejle, Denmark that safeguards the city from rising sea levels, whilst providing a series of public gardens activating the city’s waterfront. The rising seawater level challenges Vejle’s existing harbor edges. By 2100 storms that could raise sea levels to elevations of up to 2.5 m will disable the entire port area and parts of downtown with flooding. Atelier Entropic’s vision proposes a landscaping solution made of inland and floating islands designed to secure the coast to an elevation of 3m. Since the project is completely conceived to be floating, the water edge condition, ideal for jumping in and out of the water, is maintained consistently,... More