A floating poultry farm built on water is coming to the Netherlands, and it's an architectural masterpiece
Jun 29, 2020, 23:31 IST
- A floating poultry farm designed to house 7,000 hens is coming to Merwehaven, Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, according to its designer, the Goldsmith architecture company.
- According to a press release shared with Insider, the walls of the planned farm would be made of a combination of glass and translucent polycarbonate panels to allow visitors a peek inside the building.
- Other than egg-laying hens, the farm would have space for growing vegetables and herbs using LED lights, according to the press release.
- Goldsmith.Company's design shows an air system within the farm designed to reduce emissions of poultry dust and nitrogen.
- The press release also confirmed plans for chicken manure to be dried into fertilizer.
- The farm, which is in its final design stage according to the architecture firm's website, is part of a larger project of floating agriculture systems in the port of the Merwe-Vierhaven that already includes a dairy farm.
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