The urban redevelopment project Flussbad Berlin has received a total of USD 4.8 million in further funding from two sources. The National Projects of Urban Development program selected the Flussbad as one of 21 outstanding projects from across Germany, and approved a grant of USD 3.2million for the project. In addition, the jury appointed by the Federal Building Ministry to select projects for funding consisted of members of the German parliament and experts from various disciplines allocated USD 1.6 million from the state of Berlin. 

The Senate Administration for Urban Development will receive the funds from the German government to further develop the project together with the association Flussbad Berlin. The urban redevelopment project aims to convert a 750-meter stretch of the Spree Canal along Museum Island into one of the largest and most beautiful publicly-accessible swimming pools worldwide. In the upper end of the 1.6-km Spree Canal, a biotope landscape and a reed basin will be created to purify the river water by natural means.

The state of Berlin will contribute USD 1.6 million toward the costs of the project. With its grant application to the new federal program National Projects of Urban Development, the Flussbad Berlin drew up an extensive package of measures for the further development of the urban development concept, as well as providing funding for the short-term realization of some strategic, urban-based components. The measures aim to support and qualify the development initiative, which until now has been solely a civil society project.

The Flussbad was designed by Berlin-based realities:united and developed further from the initial concept. The team of Jan Edler and Tim Edler received the Holcim Award Gold for Europe in 2011 and the Global Holcim Awards Bronze in 2012.

In addition to funds secured from the German Lottery Foundation Berlin (Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin) for a comprehensive feasibility study, the fiscal support will enable the development of the project into its next phase and to identify further prerequisites for the realization of the project by the end of 2018.