“The Floating Office as a timber structure is ready for a circular future. The Structure, made completely out of timber, shows that wood is a lightweight material that can go through multiple cycles of re-use: As a modular structure, it can be taken apart and rebuilt as a new structure and recycled into source material for cladding elements. At the same time, it’s a carbon storage. The Floating office demonstrates the value of adaptation when dealing with changing water levels, but more importantly, it has been designed as a holistic system in which material use, energy consumption work as a balanced system. The office’s foundation works as a heat exchange that uses the harbor water as a cooling and heat source and works with 870m2 of solar panels to be an energy-positive system. It is a holistic system in which the design results from pragmatic decisions packaged in an elegant design in which sustainable solutions are not gimmicks but rather just common sense.”

Albert Takashi Richters, Associate Architect – Powerhouse Company