A Floating Forest Will Add Instant Greenery to Rotterdam’s Harbor

Like outsized fishing bobbers used as blossom vases , these 20 tree diagram planted in colourful buoys are designed to add whimsy and nature to Rotterdam ’s industrial waterfront . The installation , namedDobberend Bos , or “ bob woods ” in Dutch , will be released into the city ’s haven in March .

The idea was prompted by the work of sculptor Jorge Bakker but was bring to life by acommittee of creative person and designerswho proposed the installation for Rotterdam ’s Rijnhaven harbor , as part of a serial offloating art projectsto revitalize the locality around the docking facility .

Although a floating woods makes plenty of sense in a state like The Netherlands where body of water is often more readily usable than body politic , this also provides some inspiration for coastal cities that are struggle to add together greenspace but ca n’t plan more than a few decennary down the line due to the possible detrimental effects of climate change . I ’m thinking about thespecific challenges in places like Miamior New Orleans , for example , which are already wrestling with uprise sea levels — it would be awful to build a novel waterfront park , for instance , only to have it deluge constantly or be submerged totally within a few years . A floating timber , or even an entire be adrift park , accessible by bridge ( or boat if necessary ) , would add a splash of green and serve to delimit a public space — whatever the time to come might convey .

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