![]() Publicly accessible walkways will be wrapped around the two above-water storeys of the building to allow visitors to see how the farm operates. The farm was also designed to be educational. "Next to that they have a view through a series of triangular windows in the facade, and get shelter from the sun – very important – from the PV panels above the roof that work as a sun screen." ![]() Related story Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows "The 'day areas' are designed as completely translucent so, although indoors, the chickens live in a much more pleasant space than most traditional farms that have only three per cent daylight and simulate day/night time with lamps," he continued. "The architectural design is based on making the farm more animal-friendly than most traditional farms," explained Leeman. It is topped with a steel frame supporting photovoltaic (PV) panels that will provide power for the farm and shade for the chickens. The area that would hold the chickens is covered in a translucent polycarbonate skin with triangular glass windows to give the animals natural light. Goldsmith designed the farm with a focus on the chicken's wellbeing. ![]() "The floating poultry farm tries to achieve the opposite to combine various functions – chickens and a cress farm with processing and packaging – in a relatively small volume, inside the city." ![]() "Traditional farms are larger, mostly mono-functional, horizontal structures outside the city – all for economic reasons of course," he continued. "It is not necessarily logical in a traditional sense," said Leeman. ![]()
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