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Sunday, Oct. 8
Location: Lindner Hotel (Berliner Platz, Goethe room, 1st. Floor)
18:00 - 21:00 Registration - Ice-Breaker and Reception
Casual meeting
Snack buffet and drinks
Monday, Oct. 9
Location: BTU Main-Campus (Building 2C/D, Atelier Oestreich, 1st Floor)
09:00 - 16:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:15 Conference Opening
Plenary session and inaugural addresses
Michael Huebner (BTU Vice President for Research and Transfer)
Elizabeth English (Buoyant Foundation Project)
Frank Hoefler (Institute of Floating Buildings Association)
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15 Keynote Sessions
Moderator: Elizabeth English
Edmund Penning-Rowsell: Don’t sterilise our floodplains: Use them creatively
Colin Ashby: Amphibious House Built in New Zealand
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:30 Day 1 | Session 1
Moderator: Robert Newman-Brooke
Łukasz Piątek and Artur Karczewski: From Civil to Naval Architecture. The Typology of Aquatecture
Eike Albrecht and Juliane Jentsch: Building on the water - a legal perspective
Horst Stopp and Peter Strangfeld: Founding of a centre for floating architecture and amphibious buildings in the Lusatian Lakeland
Livia Calcagni: Towards a comprehensive Design Support System for floating architecture
14:30 - 15:45 Day 1 | Session 2
Moderator: Łukasz Piątek
Peter Song: Old River Landing: How a small fishing community became amphibious and resilient
Elizabeth English: The Buoyant Foundation Project: Amphibious Construction for Indigenous and Marginalized Communities
Nanma Gireesh and Ben K. George: Amphi Nest: India's Pioneering Amphibious Building Prototype with Concrete Buoyant Foundation in Simulated Water Conditions
Robert Newman-Brooke: Resilience and longevity of Amphibious homes: Two UK Case Studies
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30 Day 1 | Session 3
Moderator: Frank Hoefler
Yaraslau Sliavin and Eduard Voelker: Simulative investigations of the geometric shape for the stability of a pontoon
Ahu Gurler Akdeniz: Systemic Resilience for "Hybrid-Scapes" at the Land-Water Nexus: Blue-Green-Smart Positive Energy Districts
Carolina Binder: Floating Cities - a possible future way of life in view of the global climate change?
Sridhar Subramani and Koen Olthuis: FREQUENCITY: A data-driven tool for urban resilience of the delta region through modular floating platforms in the context of sea level rise
17:30 - 19:00 Poster Reception and Social Hour
Snack buffet and softdrinks
Walk around the poster presentation
Discussions and casual networking conversations
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Location: BTU Main-Campus (Building 2C/D, Atelier Oestreich, 1st Floor)
09:00 - 11:30 REGISTRATION
09:30 - 11:00 KEYNOTE SESSIONS
Moderator: Frank Hoefler
Rolf Kuhn: Floating buildings fit to the Lausitz Lake District
Barbara Dai Bo Zanon: Rise with the Challenge: Realizing floating projects with a positive impact
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:45 Day 2 | Session 1
Moderator: Nanma Gireesh
Wijanarka Wijanarka: Kalimantan Amphibious House
Bart. J.A. van Bueren, Roslyn T. Prinsley and Usha Iyer-Raniga: An amphibious floating building as response to river floodings in Lismore Australia
Maria Mendez Guijarro and Fernando Pabon: Puerto Rico: A Case Study Initiative on Amphibious Infrastructure for the Caribbean
Carolina Jiménez Amador: Resilient Post-Disaster Architecture: Beyond a shelter
12:45 - 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 - 15:00 DAY 2 | SESSION 2
Moderator: Sridhar Subramani
Ebru Gurler: The Commons under Resilience Lenses: The (Un)Bounded Policy Challenges in Floating Urban Development
Frank Hoefler: Solution approaches to secure individual mobility within large floating settlements
Wei Lin, Yinghui Tian and Mark Cassidy: Developing Mega Artificial Shelter Using Big Cylinders for the Effective Use of Offshore Continental Shelf
Nanma Gireesh, Chris Zevenbergen and Koen Olthuis: Afloat in Regulations: An Overview of Key Factors for a Regulatory Framework for Amphibious and Floating Urbanism
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00 GAPS Panel
GLOBAL AMPHIBIOUS POLICY SYMPOSIUM
Moderator: Łukasz Piątek
Panel Member 1: Łukasz Piątek
Panel Member 2: Elizabeth English
Panel Member 3: Nanma Gireesh
Panel Member 4: Colin Ashby
Panel Member 5: Eike Albrecht
17:00 - 17:15 Conference Closing
Frank Hoefler: Final words about the event and thanks to all participants, guests and helping hands.
18:30 - 21:30 Final Conference Dinner
Location: Lindner Hotel (Berliner Platz, Cosiebus room, 1st. Floor)
INTERNATIONAL DINNER-BUFFET
Wednesday, Oct. 11
Field Trip Lusatian Chain of Lakes and Floating Architecture
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
We leave by bus at
08:45 a.m. at Conference Site (Cottbus BTU Main Campus)
09:00 a.m. at Lindner Congress Hotel
16:00: Transfer by bus from Grossräschen See Hotel to Berlin International Airport (BER) and back to Cottbus
around 17:30 we arrive at Berlin International Airport (BER) - drop off at the airport
around 19:00 we arrive Cottbus
GLOBAL AMPHIBIOUS POLICY SYMPOSIUM (GAPS) 2023
We are excited to announce the 2023 Global Amphibious Policy Symposium (GAPS) panel, taking place in Cottbus, Germany, during the fourth International Conference on Amphibious and Floating Architecture, Design, and Engineering (ICAADE) in October 2023. The symposium, hosted by the Institute for Floating Buildings (IfSB e.V.) and Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), aims to continue the vital discussions initiated at previous ICAADE 2015, GAPS 2017 and GAPS 2019 regarding the challenges posed by government policies, absence of standards and codification, and the lack of insurance schemes that hinder the development of amphibious construction.
Despite the growing global concern for floods, certain effective flood risk reduction approaches remain unimplemented due to significant policy barriers. One such approach is amphibious construction, which enables ordinary structures to float temporarily during flooding. Unfortunately, it is not yet a mainstream flood risk reduction method due to regulatory, insurance industry, and codification barriers. While a growing body of research and several built projects have showcased the significant potential of amphibious architecture to reduce flood damage to buildings, the lack of government policies and insurance industry guidelines hampers its effectiveness as a flood damage reduction technology. Flood management and insurance practices continually evolve to adapt to changing circumstances. However, the pace and direction of these changes vary significantly between countries. Flood risk and damage are addressed differently worldwide, resulting in a diverse range of insurance and compensation systems to handle losses.
To address these challenges, the Global Amphibious Policy Symposium will bring together key stakeholders, including leaders in amphibious architecture research and implementation, academics specializing in flood damage reduction research, and insurance industry experts. This collaborative platform will foster discussions to develop innovative strategies and solutions for overcoming the major obstacles to the global implementation of amphibious construction. Building upon existing international collaboration, the symposium will also discuss the future of ICAADE and GAPS. Given the growing concern for flood damage, we have a unique opportunity as leaders to navigate beyond the roadblocks and make progress toward the widespread implementation of these innovative technologies and approaches.
At ICAADE 2023, hosted in Germany, the focus will be on addressing governments' lack of recognition of the technology, the absence of codes and standards, and the insufficient insurance schemes that rely heavily on legal and policy regulations. These constraints pose significant obstacles to the development and adoption of amphibious construction. By actively engaging with experts and stakeholders during the symposium, we can collectively work towards overcoming these challenges and unlocking the full potential of amphibious architecture and engineering in flood risk reduction.
