#watersafety

The innovative flood barrier that will keep the Limburg monastery village of Steyl safe from high water in the Meuse for the next hundred years has been put into operation. The technology of the self-closing Vlotterkering® has been carefully integrated between the village and the river and designed by NEXT architects and Trafique as an inviting ‘Balcony on the Meuse’.  The designers have extended the characteristics of Steyl's protected village landscape to the river to preserve the unobstructed view of the Meuse. The barrier has been incorporated into the design for public space and, with a seating edge forming a bench no less than 130 metres long, functions as an outdoor balcony.  Two ga... More