Floating Farm
Floating three-storey dairy barn on concrete pontoons, with robot-milked cows and a harbour view.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Floating Farm in Rotterdam looks at a working dairy as a piece of marine engineering, built in the Merwehaven harbour by Peter and Minke van Wingerden with the architects of Goldsmith. It starts with a price tag and a herd that seem not to match, then reaches back to a hurricane in twenty twelve. Best heard from the quayside, where you can follow the facade from the waterline to the roof.
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