Taiwanese and Dutch work together on water challenges
Tainan, Taiwan, July 25, 2016
The workshop of Wetskills and 5th Taiwan Water Youth Camp was completed on July 23 with big ceremony. The Water Resources Agency (WRA) initiated this international workshop and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) was one of the six contributors.
A total of 24 Taiwanese and 12 Dutch students crunched themselves on six Taiwanese water challenges. For two consecutive weeks they met experts, held brainstorms and visited project sites all over Taiwan.
The NCKU case was to investigate the future potential of climate adaptive floating buildings in Taiwan. NCKU visiting expert and also Dutch Waterarchitect Bart van Bueren raised this water challenge as workshop subject.
One team investigated all bodies of water in Taiwan, from rivers, detention ponds, reservoirs and harbors to find its ideal potential. “We see large potential in Kaohsiung, as it will be strongly affected by climate change and the city invests a lot in flood risk management.
Furthermore, Kaohsiung harbor is close to the city center and there are useful industries like steel and yacht industry.” says Annette Zwinderman, one of the workshop students.
For the workshop WRA collaborated with Wetskills. Wetskills is a workshop platform from the Dutch water sector to generate out-of-the-box solutions for water challenges globally.
Wetskills’ manager Johan Oost says about this workshop, “The key of this cooperation is the patience and respect within the mixed Taiwanese and Dutch teams.”
“All participants have to adjust to the situation and thus are outside their comfort zone. Being outside-the-comfort-zone is crucial to come to out-of-the-box ideas," he added.
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The workshop of Wetskills and 5th Taiwan Water Youth Camp was completed on July 23 with big ceremony. The Water Resources Agency (WRA) initiated this international workshop and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) was one of the six contributors.
A total of 24 Taiwanese and 12 Dutch students crunched themselves on six Taiwanese water challenges. For two consecutive weeks they met experts, held brainstorms and visited project sites all over Taiwan.
The NCKU case was to investigate the future potential of climate adaptive floating buildings in Taiwan. NCKU visiting expert and also Dutch Waterarchitect Bart van Bueren raised this water challenge as workshop subject.
One team investigated all bodies of water in Taiwan, from rivers, detention ponds, reservoirs and harbors to find its ideal potential. “We see large potential in Kaohsiung, as it will be strongly affected by climate change and the city invests a lot in flood risk management.
Furthermore, Kaohsiung harbor is close to the city center and there are useful industries like steel and yacht industry.” says Annette Zwinderman, one of the workshop students.
For the workshop WRA collaborated with Wetskills. Wetskills is a workshop platform from the Dutch water sector to generate out-of-the-box solutions for water challenges globally.
Wetskills’ manager Johan Oost says about this workshop, “The key of this cooperation is the patience and respect within the mixed Taiwanese and Dutch teams.”
“All participants have to adjust to the situation and thus are outside their comfort zone. Being outside-the-comfort-zone is crucial to come to out-of-the-box ideas," he added.
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