Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2022-03-16

Description

Description (EN):

Artificial reefs (AR) consist of ecological tools to protect or recover marine habitats. However, AR technology has not been optimized for the European framework. This common habitat requires measures to protect or recover natural resources. The 3DPARE project will develop innovative artificial reefs for the sustainable management of the marine ecosystems of the Atlantic Area. The success of AR deployment depends on three main parameters: the location, the design and the materials. Biodiversity-oriented reefs will be shaped by large-scale 3D printing with focus on innovative designs, low-impact, resistant and bio-receptive materials and their behaviour in marine environment. This project will assess the impact of the immersion of AR in the Atlantic coast to identify required specifications for the design and the choice of materials. The recent technology, 3D printing, brings new horizons to AR construction. Their design has a high impact on the ecological effects: affinity of marine organisms and promotion of biodiversity is increased with complex and multi-scale void systems. Optimized and ecological AR designs will be shaped through large-scale 3D printing and low-impact and bio-receptive materials. These materials will be developed from natural and renewable raw materials to stimulate the colonization. Compared to existing immersed AR of the Atlantic countries, whose design and structure are created from conventional materials of concrete and steel, the solutions proposed will be ecological, sustainable and tailored for enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in the marine environment.

Website: http://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

• A joint application to public and/or private call to continue monitoring the artificial reefs after the end of the project and strategic reports and guidance to influence public authorities, environmental bodies and policy makers to adopt 3DPARE technology; • Review of the characteristics of natural reefs in the Atlantic Coast in Europe associated with a high biodiversity, as well as an identification of the best practices used so far in the development of the artificial reefs; • Sustainable materials for artificial reefs: results will be technical reports of the materials developed, their mechanical properties, their durability to the sea water and their life-cycle assessment study; • Pilot artificial reefs: comprising 4 actions whose main result is the selection of the artificial reefs design 3D printable more suitable for the Atlantic Area from a biodiversity, durability and economic point of view.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Sustainable management of natural resources

Specific Objective: Improving the protection of biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem services

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Universidad de Cantabria

Address: Santander, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 594 021.44

ERDF budget: EUR 445 516.08

Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs des Travaux de la Construction de Caen

Name: Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs des Travaux de la Construction de Caen

Address: Épron, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 518 839.68

ERDF budget: EUR 389 129.76

Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Ciências

Name: Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Ciências

Address: Porto, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 340 224.64

ERDF budget: EUR 255 168.48

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I.P.

Name: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I.P.

Address: Lisboa, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 114 575.00

ERDF budget: EUR 85 931.25

Bournemouth University

Name: Bournemouth University

Address: Poole, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 404 574.80

ERDF budget: EUR 303 431.10

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Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs des Travaux de la Construction de Caen

Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

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Universidad de Cantabria

Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

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Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Ciências

Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

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Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I.P.

Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

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Bournemouth University

Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

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Summary

Project name (PT): Impressão tridimensional de recifes artificiais para o Espaço Atlântico

Project name (ES): Impresión 3D de arrecife artificial para el Espacio Atlántico

Project name (FR): Impression 3D de Récifs artificiels pour l’Espace Atlantic

Project name (EN): Artificial reef 3D printing for Atlantic Area

Project acronym: 3DPARE

Project start date: 2017-06-01

Project end date: 2021-05-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 972 235.56

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 479 176.67

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 479 176.67.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

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3DPARE project: Revisiting 3D-printed artificial reefs

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2023-03-21

Languages: en

3DPare. BBC The One Show (12thJuly2021)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2021-07-20

Languages: en

3DPare. TVE news (20th May 2020)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2021-08-25

Languages: es

3DPare. TVE news (19th February 2020)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2021-08-25

Languages: es

3DPare. France 3 news (22nd November 2019)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2021-08-25

Languages: fr

3DPare. SIC Portuguese Television news (25th July 2020)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2021-08-27

Languages: pt

3DPare. Promotional Event Bournemouth University (12th July 2021)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.giteco.unican.es/proyectos/3dpare/index.html

Publication date: 2023-07-26

Document date: 2021-08-25

Languages: en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

71 / 71 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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