Anne Meijer

Float-Fit Islands

My name is Anne, and as a designer and sports enthusiast, I'm developing Float-Fit Islands: a series of floating pontoons that bring together various forms of exercise. Not as a permanent sports venue, but as a temporary mooring for the surrounding area. The design is an invitation to exercise, accessible to everyone, playfully, and without obligations.

In our society, sport has increasingly become a consumer product: bound by subscriptions, conditions, and financial barriers. Yet exercise is a fundamental need, not a luxury. It should be something you can explore, experience, and shape in your own way.

With Float-Fit Islands, I want to create space for exactly that: free movement in public spaces. The three pontoons I'm designing for the Zwolle canal create a playful interspace where people—regardless of age, experience, or background—can discover what sport means to them. Not performance-oriented, but experience-oriented. Not just physically, but also mentally enriching.

The pontoons are sustainable, demountable, and modular. This means they're not tied to a single location, but can evolve with the city and its residents. Today in Zwolle, tomorrow perhaps elsewhere.

Float-Fit Islands is more than just a sports venue. It's a call for freedom of movement. A place where play, nature, and social interaction converge. Where sport isn't forced, but experienced. And where we can rediscover how healthy, healing, and connecting movement can be. To the rhythm of the water, amidst the city's natural beauty.