Utrecht University,
Singel Canal, Utrecht (NL)

CLT wood, pontoons;
(l) 10.8 m, (w) 8.2 m, (h) 8.5 m

AKWAGLOT is born out of the wish to create a high impact meeting place: an open university manifest by a floating platform.

The name AKWAGLOT combines the pronun- ciation of aqua - water and its qualities of flow and movement, environ- mental adaptability and sensitivity; with -glot
a Greek word for tongue referring to "having a tongue," "speaking, writing, or written in a language".

Continuing the Utrecht tradition of removing
the ramparts when the fortified city became obsolete, AKWAGLOT manifests a university without walls - open to the entire community.