ABOUT
A handmade raft becomes a mobile measuring station that floats on the Rhine as an unconventional research instrument.
This structure encourages direct engagement with the river landscapes and with the people, ecologies and institutions that form around the river.
Rooted in pre-industrial rafting, the project reflects on how industrial standards have shaped our relationship with rivers.
At each station, conversations with scientists, ethnologists and engineers will provide site-specific insights into missing parameters,
which will later be translated into visual and spatial interventions.
Instead of transporting goods, the raft carries stories, knowledge and alternative ways of knowing.
Each documentary episode addresses gaps in recorded history, while archival publications compare standards and values along the Rhine,
bringing knowledge back to institutions and crossing rigid borders of responsibility.
Laurin Böhm's evolving design process transforms the raft into a platform for exchange, turning the river into a shared space of connection.
SITES OF INVESTIGATION I
Rheinwaldhorn (CH)
Schwarzwald (GER)
Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (GER)
BASF Chemicals Company (GER)
ICPR Koblenz (GER)
Duisburg Port (GER)
De IJsselkop (NL)
Houthaven (NL)
Schwarzwald (GER)
Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (GER)
BASF Chemicals Company (GER)
ICPR Koblenz (GER)
Duisburg Port (GER)
De IJsselkop (NL)
Houthaven (NL)