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.
