Johan's Ark

[1] It is a full-scale interpretation of the biblical Ark, featuring animal models, including cows, penguins, a crocodile, and a giraffe.

The wooden construction is carried on a hidden floating platform from steel made up of 21 LASH barges.

[1] A few years earlier Huibers built a half-scale interpretation of the Ark, in the river port of Schagen, 50 km north of Amsterdam.

[4] On 10 June 2016, the ark collided with a moored vessel (NoCGV Nornen) while under tow in Oslo harbor.

He explained that he felt that the story of the Judgment of Solomon was important when faced with the sort of social division such as experienced around Brexit.

[6] Shortly after arriving in Ipswich the vessel was impounded in the dock by coastguard officers because "load line certificates [were] missing, no tonnage information, and a range of other concerns.

Johan's Ark in Dordrecht, Netherlands
Amphitheatre in Johan's Ark
Floating core composed of LASH barges visible during construction
Earlier half-scale version