Flotta Alberi is a floating forest, an evocative ecosystem gliding across Venice’s waterways aboard AI-guided boats. It confronts Venice, and the entire world, with the history of deforestation while offering a vision of a future where human civilisation, empowered by its most advanced technologies, engages in a nurturing symbiosis with nature: re-entanglement.
Participants
HANS JOACHIM SCHELLNHUBER, Ortenburg, Germany, 1950. Lives and works in Laxenburg, Austria.
BAUHAUS EARTH
BERLIN, GERMANY
Belinda Rukschcio, Vienna, Austria, 1973. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
MARGRET BOYSEN, Rendsburg, Germany, 1967. Lives and works in Potsdam, Germany.
GREEN4CITIES
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Doris Schnepf, Vienna, Austria, 1975. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
PETER SPITALER, Vienna, Austria, 1963. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
LION VERHEYDEN, Freiburg, Germany, 1993. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Authorial Collaborators
Andreas Kraus, Hochschule Bremen, City University of Applied Sciences (Naval Architect); Johannes Oeffner Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML (Maritime Engineer); Gregor Schellenberger, Hochschule Bremen, City University of Applied Sciences (Naval Architect)
Technical Collaborators
Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML
Team
Margret Boysen (Narrative and Poetry); Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML: Hans-Christoph Burmeister (Autonomy and AI), Cosmin Delea (Autonomy and AI), Johannes Oeffner (Autonomy and AI); Grean4Cities: Lisa Enzenhofer (Vegetation), Bernhard König (Visualisation), Doris Schnepf (Operations); Bauhaus Earth: Georg Hubmann (Science and Communication); Arstec: David Reiterer (Structural Engineer); Hochschule Bremen, City University of Applied Sciences: Gregor Schellenberger (Naval Architect), Andreas Kraus (Naval Architect); International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Lead Author and Scientist), Lion Verheyden, (Concept Producer); Valentin Spiegel-Scheinost, Büro Expedit (Visualisation); Academy of Fine Arts Vienna: Peter Spitaler (Production).
Thanks
Christiane Kraas, Fraunhofer Transport Alliance (Head of Office)
Supporters
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
