A.M. landscape architecture portfolio by A.C. Meeuwsen

PORTFOLIO ARJEN MEEUWSEN landscape architect, MSc

Name: Arjen Cornelis Meeuwsen

heritage in the 6.500-hectare park. Design of several gardens, new park

gies in climate proofing the Netherlands. Role: secretary.

entrances, and the central plaza of the park. Role: landscape architect.

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Present employer: H+N+S Landscape architects

2010-2014.

plan with rural housing near Eindhoven. Role: landscape architect.

Education: MSc. at Wageningen University

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Profession: landscape architect

fortress. Role: initiator and team leader. 2014.

American Planning Association, the Dutch embassy in Washington, D.C.,

Relevant registrations/certifications: BNT 3.120315.004

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and Waggoner & Ball architects. Development of concepts to manage

Fort Everdingen: tender for the redevelopment of a 19th century Two Rivers Urban Park, Cape Town. Design proposal for design

Strategic design for “Nieuwe Woud”, landscape development Dutch Dialogue II workshop, New Orleans, organized by the

exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa. Role: landscape architect. 2014.

water and to create amenities at each scale in the city of New Orleans.

Arjen Meeuwsen (1983) studied Landscape architecture at Wageningen

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Role: workshop participant at regional scale team.

University, containing an internship at H+N+S. He remained part-

former airfield Valkenburg, The Hague. Winning tender proposal. Role:

time designer during his studies, until he went to study at ETH Zürich,

landscape architect.

Other activities

Switzerland. Early 2009 Arjen graduated at Wageningen University on

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the topic “Cradle to cradle in regional development”. During and after

tary in rural area, leading to a development of the area. Role: landscape

in Utrecht. 2013

his thesis, he took part in EDAW’s Intern Program in Los Angeles and

architect.

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Abu Dhabi. Arjen also participated in the Dutch Dialogues workshop in

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in landscape architecture, architecture and urban design. 2012

New Orleans.

over local road and highway and design of debris excavation and brook

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From 2009 until present, Arjen is landscape architect at H+N+S

remeandering. Role: landscape architect.

tecture, architecture and urban design.

Landscape architects. He is characterized by his broad interest and

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his inventive and strategic approach. He has been active in sustainable

to involve private parties in spatial planning, aimed at bringing together

Utrecht

housing development, strategic advice about climate change and energy

long and short term planning for a sustainable development of the area.

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transition, and masterplanning aimed at nature development and recre-

Role: landscape architect, advisor.

burg, Cumulus conference 2008 St. Etienne, and poster presentation at

ational use. Furthermore, he has been active in urban restructuring and

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IFLA 2011 Zürich.

infrastructure design.

the future development, based on landscape qualities. Role: landscape

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architect.

of landscape architecture.

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EDAW Intern Program 2008 in Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi.

energy corporation Alliander. Role: landscape architect.

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Summerschool Landscape Architecture at Warsaw University of

seum Naturalis, Leiden. Winning competition entry, followed by design

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Life Sciences.

process. Role: landscape architect. 2014

landscape architect.

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Design for the new museum garden for natural history mu-

Master plan Wervik, Belgium. Winning competition entry for a

Strategic plan for demolition and start of redevelopment of

Tender Lettenhofpark, conceptualization of an extensive ceme-

Tenders Laarderhoogt and Rode Beek: design of an eco-corridor

A12-zone Utrecht: strategic project with Chamber of Commerce

Urban planning: the spatial delineation of Asse, Belgium. Planning

Tender for renovation of the head office and surroundings of Extension of highway A15: landscape ambition document. Role: Sustainable energy visions for the Province of Drenthe and the

Co-founding of ‘ImakeUtrecht’, debate events for young designers Co-founding of ‘Eatclub’, network events for young professionals 2-year course for professional development in landscape archiMember of political advice committee for spatial development in Oral presentations at Design Korea 2009, EFLA 2012 St. Peters-

Article in Topos magazine #77 ‘Making space’ about the necessity

Hobbies

very sustainable neighbourhood. Role: landscape architect. 2014

city region Parkstad Limburg: research and design on the future of

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Sports: running, cycling, rowing, sailing, hiking, skiing, jijitsu

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renewable energy and spatial planning. Role: landscape architect, advisor.

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Listening and playing music (guitar)

the DBFMO-tender, followed by the design into construction phase of

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Social life and events

the 45-hectare landscape park around the museum, with an emphasis

The Hague. Role: landscape architect.

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Finding design inspiration in nature, museum, landscape architec-

on recreation and ecology. Role: landscape architect. 2012-2014.

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tural projects, and by reading books, blogs and articles.

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entry). Role: landscape architect.

Master plan for National Military Museum Soesterberg: winner of

Master plan for National Park “De Hoge Veluwe”, containing

the strategic development vision for ecology, recreation and cultural

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Landscape design for a sustainable neighbourhood: Erasmusveld, Park design for former airfield Tempelhof, Berlin (competition ‘Climate matrix’: research project about governance and strate-

Naturalis natural history museum garden 4 Wervik masterplan sustainable neighbourhood 8 National Military Museum ‘Soesterberg’ 10 National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ 20 Fort Everdingen 28 Two Rivers Urban Park, Cape Town 30 Transformation airfield ‘Valkenburg’ 32 Wildlife corridor ‘Laarderhoogt’ 34 Wildlife corridor ‘Rode Beek’ 36 Renewable energy vision, Parkstad Limburg 38 Park 101, EDAW, Los Angeles 40 ‘Bahndammpark’ square, ETH Zürich 42

Content portfolio

Naturalis natural history museum garden

We design a large rooftop garden that will explain the evolution of plants to the visitors, while at the same time showing the relevance of plants to us. Natural history museum Naturalis is expanding and will be building a large new wing to the museum. As part of the future plans, an outdoor space will accomodate a parking space and a garden and terrace. A competition was set up, the main demands were a design that would score on biodiversity, sustainability, education,

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mossen

varens

naaktzadigen

bedektzadigen: monocots

bedektzadigen: eudicots

and logistics. The team of H+N+S, a landscape construction firm and an engineer, scored most credits. We managed to design the largest possible rooftop garden on top of the parking space, that will explain the evolution of plants to the visitors, while at the same time showing the relevance of plants to us. At several places in the garden, a playground is established that completes the story of the evolution, and that makes it possible for kids to climb on skeletons that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be touched in the museum building. In this way, the garden is an outdoor exhibition, showing plants, fossils, and live fauna such as insects and butterflies, in the flower garden. Routes will be created for visitors that show the function of plants, leading you through the various eraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: a route for cosmetics, for food, for medicine, etc. As a focal point, a giant stone will connect the parking garage with the upper garden, and show you the way. The stone will be made from concrete, will imitate a conglomerate-rock, and host the first species; algae and mosses. Inbetween the low-lying terrace that connects to the restaurant, and the higher garden on top of the parking garage, an amphitheater will offer outdoor educational space.

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Trias

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Above, the evolutionary families of plants are translated into a zoning plan that is divided over the garden. Below, the section shows the various uses of plants for construction, cosmetics, food, farmaceutics, food, or herbs. Also their attractivity to bees, or repulsiveness to mosquitos, can be experienced.

Naturalis natural history museum garden

Left, a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;snapshotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the carbon age with ferns, palm trees, a fossil tree and a climbable T-rex skeleton. Above, left, a view into the herbs and flowers garden of present-day plant families. Above, right, a view towards the central pond and amfitheater with a hologram show by night.

Masterplan ‘Wervik’ - sustainable neighborhood WERVIK

VERBEELDINGSKAART ‘o p r i t ’ b e s t a a t u i t b e s t r a t e r i j l o p e r s m e t h a l f v e r h a r d e middenberm, en geeft daardoor een informeel gevoel van ‘thuis komen’

klinkerbestrating varieert in legpatroon en menging kleuren voor straat, parkeervak en wandelpad

collectieve parkeervoorziening onder begroeide pergola; mogelijkheid tot monteren PV panelen voor elektrische auto

in architectuur geïntegreerde zonnecellen en zonnepanelen

hoge inheemse kruiden en grassen gebonden halfverharding sier- en moestuinen in grasland mogelijke collectieve moestuinen voor aangrenzende woningen

parkeerstraat voor zowel bestaande als nieuwe woningen

verhuiswagen en hulpdienstentoegang over klinkerpad met verstevigde berm

niet bij buren naar binnen kijken --> fruitbomen wel naar buren kunnen lopen --> dwarspaadjes van gras

paaltjes om omgeving school autovrij te houden

regenwaterafvoer naar wadi met regenwaterpomp glazen gevels met geïntegreerde PV panelen

spelen in zicht van ouders -->speelobjecten

duurzame led-verlichting

speelobject

tuinieren op school --> schooltuintjes

bloemrijke wadi

speelveld te gebruiken voor buurtkinderen, schoolpauze en buurtfeest

regenwatervoorziening bij parkeerplaats collectieve parkeervoorziening onder begroeide pergola; mogelijkheid tot monteren PV panelen voor elektrische auto

schoolplein

schaduwminnende bodembedekkers

dunnen bosje tot transparante boomweide met behoud van grote bomen

tweede maaiveld bovenop parkeerplaatsen, tevens toegang tot woningen

ontwikkeling continue haag rond volledige collectieve domein

toegang tot verhoogde maaiveld dakterras groene daken met PV panelen en zonnepanelen

verbrede stoep markeert entree buurt

In the city of Wervik, Belgium, two former football fields are available for new housing. The city opened a competition to select a team for constructing a masterplan. It wishes to develop the site as a pilot project for sustainable housing, and wants to give form to new relations and responsibilities between owners and the municipality. The city is ambitious in dealing with water, energy, materials, biodiversity, and sustainable mobility. Finally, it demands options for cohousing. The team of H+N+S and Palmbout won the competition with a plan that scored on the rich variation and quality of the housing, the coherent green structure, and the sustaiability of the plan. The city is a small city in rural area, with very ‘stony’ streets, and where few green areas are publicly accessible. The team proposes to develop the site to one large collective garden. It offers place to a gardenesque neighbourhood, as well as to a public garden with a meaning on the larger scale of the city of Wervik. The garden works as a connector between the informal structure of pedestrian routes and green sites, able to further develop following possible new options. The housing is characterized by new housing concepts and new relations between owner and municipality in using and maintaining the collective garden. Starting point is the orientation towards the sun and towards the collective garden. All 30 houses are adaptable to forms of living such as lifelong living, kangoroo-housing, live-and-work, and cohousing. In the collective garden, multiple incentives have been created that encourage social interaction, such as playgrounds, water pumps, gardens, and collective parkings.

attention for facade and for connecting the facade to the surrounding trees within perennials and grasses border; sharp mowing edge around borders

perennials and grasses

different paving patterns for sidewalk and street

overall use of same garden fence, color by choice possibilities for play in communal garden fruit trees next to a small flowering water discharge canal

allotment gardens between grass paths seat for the neighbourhood

National Military Museum â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Soesterbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Netherlands Army Museum and the Air Force Museum merge into a new museum at the former airbase Soesterberg. At December 11, 2014, the new Museum was opened, after a design and construction period of three years. A team of Heijmans, Claus van Wageningen architects, H+N+S Landscape architects, and Kossmann.deJong exhibition architects, won the original DBFMO-tender. The 45-hectare site was the birthplace of aviation in the Netherlands, bears traces of WW2 history and NATO use, and houses important natural qualities. The establishment of the new museum at the site is seized to let the landscape play an important role. The design team made a plan that excites, and invites the visitor to stories of the Dutch armed forces. The landscape forms a real backdrop for the exhibition in the daylight museum. The museum and its surroundings tell multiple stories: the history of the place, the geographic context of lines of defense and training areas, and the relationship of the military with its surroundings. The area has become an exciting landscape where open and secluded, sturdy and sensitive form a unity. The 45-hectare museum district is part of the former airbase Soesterberg, which is being developed as a nature reserve. In the plan, the new museum is surrounded by heath and forest, allowing the landscape to be seen from within the museum in every direction. The whole museum district will be made publicly accessible. It is divided into three terraces, each with a dominant theme: the top of the hill is a peaceful nature part with heath valley, the middle terrace - where the visitor arrives - tells the history of the area, the museum complex with an arena on one side, and a memorial area on the other side of the museum, is located at the runways. Bringing together cultural heritage, recreation and nature was a challenging task, for which a zoning plan is woven into the design. To develop a visually interesting and ecologically valuable forest, an innovative planting plan was put together in collaboration with forest ecologists, inspired by natural forest dynamics. The use of gabions (originally a military element) to create terrace edges, opening up WW2 bomb craters and restoration of emblematic buildings make the past visible again. Vistas provide clear orientation and a varied experience of the new natural and narrative landscape.

National Military Museum â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Soesterbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; > The entire airbase Soesterberg with shown in red outline, the plan area. The entire airbase will turn into a nature reserve. Many military buildings and landscape features will remain as relics. They will be made visible and accessible, walking, and by bike. The museum will be the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s information point. The central tower grants a view over the whole terrain. <V The three most important diagrams show the organization of the museum area. In this diagrams, vistas are shown that are created through existing and new forest. They connect important points, such as the entry, the museum tower, and several new and existing lookout points in the landscape. V Terraces are created to accentuate the already present contours. So far, the whole terrain was not very clear. By using gabions, we accentuate the parts of the terrain and make it more comprehensible. It becomes possible to tell stories in the terraces. V> A selection of heritage is renovated and integrated. It contains one of the oldest still existing aviation buildings in the world, and hangars from different time periods.

camouflage close combat enclosed

INFORMAL INDIVIDUAL

w=1.5h taxus baccata around memorial garden (ex. generalife, granada). Inside, a gravel zen garden with benches and an ever-running fountain.

overview distance open

- both are situated against the forest edge - heathland makes it one area - both are a secluded garden

w=5h sandstone paving in same color as the monument

white concrete seating edges around the maple-planted border

suprise attack FORMAL COLLECTIVE

direct attack envelopment covered approach

maple-planted border as carrĂŠ around the square. Ordered lines of sandstone tiles represent the order of the troops. The other direction is ahattered into trapezium-shapes, just like the square itself, representing the casualties of war.

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Series of sketches for the museum, with the first ideas for the Memorial square and Memorial garden. On the right, conceptual sketches about the connection of the military with its surroundings. They are used in the variation in paths and their enclosedness, openness and alignment.

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National Military Museum â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Soesterbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

< Design of the gates at the entry of the Memorial square > View from the entry bridge over gabion wall and fern garden, with on the left the new museum, and in the far back the depot hangar. >> Construction of a gabion bastion, with entry path to the arena. >>> Inspection of seating elements arount the Memorial square. > View towards the new museum from the flightlane, over crumbled concrete. >> New concrete path through the forest. >>> 3

Paving of the Memorial square. <

Construction drawing of Belvedere stairs, suspended in the gabion a

bastion, and connected to the elevated path over the heath valley.

> Fog fen, with artificial fog to illustrate camouflage. >>

Gate towards the Memorial garden, a smaller version of the gates towards the Memorial square as pictured above, left. >>> Commemmoration service on the new square in front of the renovated monument.

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National Military Museum ‘Soesterberg’

17 < At the top of the hill in the museum area, we’ve designed a viewpoint called ‘Belvedere’. The path leading to it from the Museum, brings you through the forest, passing a deepened path, entering a large heathland that one crosses over the raised deck. At the end, the suspended stairs bring you up to the bastion-like viewpoint. The path is meant to experience the effect that the changing landscape has on your perceived volnurability. Having no or a lot of overview, being sheltered or exposed, means a lot for the individual soldier. The expierence is enhanced in the museum application that helps kids explore their surroundings. Here, sound effects strengthen the experience. > After removing non-native bushes, paved surfaces and military buildings, the vegetation was redesigned based on views and spaces. The planting scheme was developed together with forest ecologists. It imitates Bestaand bos te behouden en om te vormen

the natural variation in an original forest: the variation in density mimicks the variation in age, the variation in species is derived from the species that would grow on this soil type. Overall, it creates a patchwork

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Bosaanplant Beuk (22) en haagbeuk (2) Zomereik (34) en wintereik (12) Ruwe berk (14) en zachte berk (12) Winterlinde (2)

of units with measures of 1,2 or 3 times the average

Ratelpopulier (3)

tree-height. This also stems from natural examples.

Aanplant nieuwe boom (ruwe berk, zomereik, wintereik, grove den)

Zoete kers (1) en wilde appel (1) Bosmantel (brem, sporkehout, lijsterbes, hulst, kornoelje, hazelaar)

< The entry path is made of a loam-coloured asphalt with a rough finish, still showing the gravel in it. In the

Voorbeeld module

Bosgroepen verdeling 1 st

60x60 m (3x boomhoogte)

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40x40 m (2x boomhoogte)

back of the image we see the entry bridge to the museum, that is built on the lowest terrace, near the runways of the former airfield. The entry is at the first

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Booomfase I (400 st. /ha.)

30%

Boomfase II (1000 st. /ha.)

30%

Dichte fase (2500 st. /ha.)

15%

Staken fase (10000 st. /ha.)

15%

Open fase

10%

20x20 m (1x boomhoogte)

floor. The ‘dragon’s teeth’ that accompany the path, are a copy of original anti-tank elements found along the Dutch coast. The concrete mixture is selected to stimulate growth of algae and moss.

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National Military Museum ‘Soesterberg’

zon rood - conflict oenothera

Two monuments were present at the airforce base Soesterberg. This semi-circle of black granite contains

buddleia

helenium

tulipa hageri

paars - emotie

salvia

festuca crocosmia

tulipa hageri sedum acre

sedum ‘Herbstfreude’ en ‘Spectabile’

knautia

potentilla recta

potentilla vulcan

phlox

the names of casualties of the airforce in its 100-

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year history. The location at the border of forest and echium

airfield was acceptable, but the monument was a bit

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bos

oenothera

lost in the largeness of the site. We decided to create

festuca

hosta

an intimate space around the monument to point the attention towards the monument, while at the same

origanum

time creating a unity that would be in its place in the

sedum acre veronica officinalis

large airfield. For this reason, a taxus hedge is plan-

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ted around the monument in a circular shape, large enough to have place for seats during a commemoration. Around the paved area, a border is planted that

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veronica spicata

festuca

deschampsia

The colors used in the planting scheme represent a

hosta

jasione lysimachia

oenothera

wit - vrede

lysimachia

campanula

linear story: red for conflict, purple for emotion, blue garden we placed a black granite fountain.

tulipa orphanidea echium

gives an incentive to reflect upon the meaning of war.

for reflection, and white for peace. In the center of the

hosta

tulipa orphanidea

hosta

oenothera

polypodium

blauw - reflectie

acanthus

festuca

viburnum tinus

echinacea

phlox polypodium

viburnum tinus

schaduw

On the right page, the planting scheme is displayed. In the middle, the layered scheme is shown for one of the borders. These were made for each border in order to get a grip on the complexity of the planting: the basis plants, the spring bulbs and the accent plants. taxushaag

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monument

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National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’

In the Strategic development plan for the National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’, we introduce three ‘pillars’ as the Siberië

basis for the spatial policy of the 5.000 hectare park: a) nature and landscape, b) heritage, art and architecSickesze Dennen

ture, and c) recreation. We created a two visions: one about heritage and one that can give direction for

Westerflier de Zwarte Berg

(investment) policy.

‘t Veentje

Hoenderloo de Wet Bos

Heritage vision

Otterlose Zand

het Zwarte Veld

Heidebloem Fazanten Park

Using GIS, maps with historical information about vegetation and historic site characteristics such as farms,

Hoog Baarlo

de Bunt

roads, estate, and traces of war, were constructed in collaboration with researchers. A vision was constructed

oude kwekerij

de Nieuwe Pampel

based on valuating the separate heritage landscapes, objects, time layers and themes. The vision is connected

Centrumplein NP de Hoge Veluwe

to the other ‘pillars’ of the park, and aimed at the future: a balance between preservation and development.

‘t Rieselo

de Pampel

Centrumgebied

Resulting from the vision and the valuation, concrete recommendations have been made about which values

Kröller-Müller Museum de Franse berg

to preserve, strengthen, restore or develop, and about how these can be used for heritage education.

Deelense Was Pampelse Zand Koeverzand

Deelense Veld

de Nieuwe Plijmen

Some recommendations concern the park as a whole, some account for specific areas. The structured

Otterlose Bos

thinking in time layers informs the park management, the visitors, and ourselves as designers: by appointing a

Zandfles

dominant time layer for a certain area, design principles can be derived from this time layer. de Plijmen Jeneverbes Bos Deelense Zand

Strategic development plan

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An important reason for people to visit National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’, is the experience of the idyll of the

Deelense Straal Midden Zand

ideal landscape: wide nature with no visible human influence. The park seeks to strengthen this ‘idyll’. Many visitors wish to enjoy calm nature and deer. Others wish to enjoy company or use the car. Through the intro-

Deelense Start

Oud-Reemster Zand Kompagnieberg

duction of a stronger zoning scheme, these visitors won’t compete with each other, and not with the nature values of the park. Part of the zoning is a set of improvements in the main infrastructure, such as the downgrading of a main

Eikenhoutbergen

Bosje van Staf

Cultuurhistorische landschapstypen

agricultural enclaves A. Ancient Oude landbouwenclaves B. Estates Landgoederenlandschap around Hoenderloo Hoenderloo (late 19e eeuw) around Kemperberg C. Estates Landgoederenlandschap Kemperberg (vroege 20e eeuw) Jachthuis St. Hubertus D. Estate Buitenplaats Jachthuis Sint Hubertus (vroege 20e eeuw) E. Old Oudeforests bossen: Otterlose Bos, ‘t Rieselo, Franse Berg, Deelense Start, Eikenhoutbergen en Hoog Baarlo F. Young Jonge forests bossen: stuifzandbestrijdingsbossen en heidebebossingen, jeneverbessenbos

road. Also, car drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians are separated. In the zoning layout, some areas have become calmer, while activities are concentrated in the central area, where the square will be transformed and new amenities will be developed. Part of the plan is the renovation of the estate and several gardens. For these areas, H+N+S later constructed separate visions and designs. 2

Vliegveld Deelen

Reemster Bossen Oud-Reemster Veld

Oud Reemst

de Roggekamp Everwijnserf

G. Heath: Heidevelden: Oud-Reemsterveld en Deelense Veld, plus enkele kleine heideveldjes in het landgoederenlandschap

Aalderinksveld

Kemperberg

H. Sand Stuifzanden en stuifzandheiden van De Pollen, landscapes and sand heaths Otterlose Zand, Pampelse Zand, OudReemsterzand, Deelense Zand Rasteraround NP De Hoge Veluwe Fence National Park

de Rijzenburg

Landscapes within the landschappen National Park de Hoge Veluwe Cultuurhistorische binnen Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe

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Cultuurhistorische lagenkaart Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe Separate visions and designs: Head office (page 24) Jachthuis St. Hubertus

Entry Hoenderloo (page 27)

Landscape of the National Park de Hoge Veluwe (1935-present)

Zwarte Berg (page 26) Otterlose Zand

Central plaza (page 22)

Landscape of the Second World War (1940-1945)

Kröller-Müller Museum

Deelense Veld

Pampelse Zand

Landscape of the couple Kröller-Müller (1909-1935)

Oud-Reemster Zand

Estates and farms (1846-1909)

Vliegveld Deelen

Oud-Reemster Veld

Kemperberg

Legenda National Park deDe Hoge Veluwe Nationale Park Hoge Veluwe Second World War De Tweede Wereldoorlog Couple Kröller-Müller Het echtpaar Kröller-Müller Estates Landgoederenlandschap Agricultural origin Oude landbouwenclaves

Medieval and early-modern Veluwe landscape (ca. 800 - ca. 1850 AD)

Landscape of ice-ages and pre- and protohistory (ca. 200.000 - 10.000 years ago; ca. 8.000 - 2.000 BC)

National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ central plaza Central action in the masterplan for the renewal of the central area is the removal of the hard, formal, paved square. It gives way to a much ‘softer’ space with semi-pavement, referring to the landscape of the Park, and has an informal character. Present non-native trees give way to native trees such as oak, birch and pinus. The square becomes an open place in the forest, where paths meet. The National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ is the only National Park in the Netherlands that runs its own annual exploitation without structural government support. Attracting ample paying visitors is essential for this reason. The Park now attracts 500.000 visitors annually. The Park has to develop itself, and create a recreational experience that addresses the demands of the public, in order to attract enough people in the future. Superb service and hospitality are of great importance. The strategic policy of the Park is based on the ‘pillars’ nature, recreation, and heritage. In the context of the recreational facilities, the Park wishes to greatly renew the central area. Part of these plans, is the renewal of the restaurant, and adding meeting rooms and an auditorium for groups. H+N+S was asked to construct the masterplan for the renewal of the central area. Central action is the removal of the paved square. The square becomes an open place in the forest, where paths meet. Spread against the forest edge are various buildings; existing and new. The new central area makes contact to its surroundings: towards the sculpture garden of the Kröller-Müller Museum, towards the heather of ‘Pampelse Zand’, and towards the new parking area and the main road in the north.

National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ gardens of head office The monumental head office of the Park receives a whole new surrounding: we’re renovating the front garden with a modern twist, creating a garden on the south side, and a proper parking place at the back side. The head office of National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ is established in a monumental building designed by H.P. Berlage. In the previous decades, alterations have been made in the building and the surrounding garden, that weaken the original strength and coherence of the complex. The building represents one of the characteristic time layers of National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’: the period of the Kröller-Müllers, founders of the Park. The function of the building has changed, though: it is no longer a service building to the larger estate, but has its own function as head office, also requiring an expression. In the design, the time layers of past and present, are combined. In the plan, the original layout of the front garden is restored, but the planting will be modern: broad taxus hedges give a counterweight to the building, and express the horizontality of the building. Within the geometric hedges, a wealthy heather landscape is developed, enriched with juniperus; referring to the natural surroundings in the Park.The contrast between the formal hedges and the informal vegetation bringsthe experience of the central motive of the Park and its founders: ‘culture’ and ‘nature’ in one Park. The side garden was divided in three domestic gardens belonging to the residents in the south wing of the building. The residential funcion disappears, and the office function will use the whole building. For that reason, an office garden can be made that creates a gradient from the building, the terraces, the garden, to the forest. In the garden, rich clumbs of trees and shrubs are planted, just as founder Helene Kröller-Müller liked them: a variety of evergreens, autumn colors and blossom. At the back of the building, a symmetrical parking place will be layed out, with respect for the buildings’ symmetry, making it again possible to experience the building as it was meant.

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National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ garden ‘Zwarte Berg’ The National Park wants to give the ‘Zwarte Berg’ a representative image again. The task was to come to a powerful vision, fitting the present time, but at the same time respecting the heritage values of the place. The farmhouse of ‘Zwarte Berg’ (1855) has been adapted several times over time. Also its surroundings have been adapted. The farm is a former forester’s home with a landlord-room, where the owner of the estate Hoenderloo spent the night when he stayed here. The stately lanes, the old fields and the farm remind the visitor of the National Park of this important period in the genesis of the Park. The former representative function of the ‘Zwarte Berg’ still goes today: momentarily it is used by the Park to receive important guests. The location of the farm on a hill, offering views over the fields, is starting point in the design. The height is used to realize privacy. Accordingly, the garden is surrounded by a red beech hedge, providing visual foreclosure, and privatizing the courtyard. By simplifying the garden, and cleaning it up, the garden will become a whole once more, and the power of the location becomes visible again. The attention is then focused upon the farmhouse and its relation to the surroundings. Taking into account the representative function, ecological circumstances and available maintenance, a simple yet powerful border is proposed near the entry, in which a sturdy buxus-sculpture is dominant. Several simple elements such as gravel, grass, the hedge and a rhodondendron-clumb, make up the garden.

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The National Park ‘Hoge Veluwe’ is the only National Park in the Netherlands that runs its own annual exploitation without structural government support. Attracting ample paying visitors is essential for this reason. The Park now attracts 500.000 visitors annually. The Park has to develop itself, and create a recreational experience that addresses the demands of the public, in order to attract enough people in the future. Superb service and hospitality are of great importance. That starts at the visitor’s entrances. During busy days, the handling of visitor flows is far from ideal. To improve this, the Park wants to adjus the logistic situation. At the same time, the characteristic reception lodges by MVRDV will be replaced by new ones, partly for ergonomic reasons. H+N+S was asked to design the adjustment of the logistic situation of the entries. First, the entry at Hoenderloo, followed by the entry near Otterlo. The idea is to design the entries simple and clear, fitting to the representation of the Park. The layout is set up in a way that members, pedestrians and cyclists are give priority. People who want to enter the Park by car, and need to buy a ticket, can park their car in a parking lane, apart from the main road. A combination of asphalt and bricks give the whole a clear and representational image.

Fort Everdingen We invented a concept to turn the historic fortress Everdingen into a ‘Health Fortress’, a garden and bio-hotel where people learn skills to improve their lifestyle. We translated the idea into an actual businesscase for the development. Unfortunately we came in second, missing two points out of 170. Fort Everdingen is a fortress in the 19th century water inundation defense line, protecting the heart of Holland. Until recently, it has been in use by the army to store and disarm explosives. Since several years, the army has no need for it anymore, and the Ministry is selling the fortress in an open tender. As a bottom-up initiative, I started a concept to make a ‘health fortress’ out of it, together with several connections of me in various disciplines. Our plan was to make the first ‘Biohotel’ in the Netherlands, part of an international organization. The hotel is developed in the listed brick barracks, and will organize all kind of health workshops and courses. The entire fortress grounds will create a garden with herbs, vegetables and fruits, providing local biological food, and resources to learn about healthy cooking in workshops. The plan is developed together with architects, restauration experts, sustainable climate experts, an ecological advisor, a legal and cost advisor, a chef and a health advisor.

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TRUP - Cape Town

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We were part of an international design and research team that created a proposal for a former green buffer zone in apartheid-South-Africa. The area is transformed into a park, creating natural and recreational values, and above all, connecting neighbourhoods on either side. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;From borders to bridgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; provides a vision for the Two Rivers Urban Park [TRUP] area in which densification of the area is achieved by combining a multifunctional and accessi-

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landscape is generated; not just of aesthetic value, it also offers qualities and attractions in support of and by the surrounding monosyllabic neighbourhoods. It offers prevention of flooding in the urban surroundings, a biobased job economy for adjacent neighbour-

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cation of the TRUP offers an alternative to the problems resulting from the sprawl that characterises Cape Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth pattern that all too often result in an entrenchment of its problems from traffic congestion and pollution to segregation and an unequal city.

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The vision is developed by H+N+S and partners Jakupa architects, DHK architects, Cape Town University, Witteveen en Bos, and Cape Town municipality in answer of the

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Transformation airfield â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Valkenburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; This tender had a very short time-span and presented two challenges. The subject of the tender was the demolition of the airfield; a sort of reverse planning. And the best-value-procurement tender process gave us a very constrained room to present our ideas. On the airfield Valkenburg, a masterplan will be developed with space for 5000 houses. Due to the crisis that slows the development, there is no reason to start with the project right away. The demolition of runways and infrastructure, and the sanitation of contaminated soils, is subject of the tender. Additionally, one could hand in opportunities and risks to score credits. Integrally addressing demolition, recreation, nature, heritage, and masterplanning, we made several propositions. Negotiations about which opportunities to implement are ongoing, but the commissioner was very charmed by them. We presented them in a very brief text, and an image that combined an impression, a plan view and some key words. The opportunities are part of an overall vision for the terrain, and all chances were calculated by the construction firm. One important starting point is the division of the airfield in several landscape zones: the landscape of the Old Rhine, and the polder landscape which is a buffer between Wassenaar and Valkenburg. These will be developed with an own character: there is a plan for the green buffer that we will already construct, and for the Old Rhine landscape, a temporal agricultural use will be developed, with space for allotment gardens, cattle, and a tree nursery. The center of the airfield contains polluted soils. We propose to take two years extra in the demolition phase, which makes it possible to clean these areas with phytoremediation. In this way, the pollution, which outlines the old runways, will become huge flower beds. The same goes for the old runways: when the paving is removed, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fertilize the poor subsoil with fertilizing and flowering plants. One other proposal is to open the terrain immediately for visitors. The paths need to cross the construction traffic at one place. We make a wooden viewpoint on this pedestrian bridge. At sites where archeological findings have been done, seating elements will be combined with information panels. This is valuable, since the site has a very rich history, starting from a rare Roman fortress, until the World War 2 traces. Finally, we propose to already dig out water bodies for the masterplan. In this way, the demolition will be a process of placemaking, in which new identities are inserted, and the terrain is opened up for visitors.

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Wildlife corridor ‘Laarderhoogt’

Laarderhoogt is a tender proposal for an eco corridor with two eco-bridges; one over a highway, and one over a local road. Together with an architect, an engineering firm, and ecologists, we designed the landscape and the civil works. The landscape design work focused on creating the right conditions for fauna species. Where smaller and larger animals have a shorter or longer reach, relating to lifespan and mobility, different ‘resting places’ and

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‘connections’ needed to be made. Also, we inserted a moist and wet connection for amphibious creatures. For this, we inveted a water system with the engineers, that would create a cascade of wet places, running from the top of the bridge towards the ponds in the lower areas. The bridge design was aimed at creating a thin-looking profile, while at the same time keeping it within budget and make it possible construction-wise. Unfortunately, the bid was too expensive. The lesson is to always monitor the construction costs in relation to the points that can be scored with design proposals.

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Wildlife corridor ‘Rode Beek’

The natural value of the brook ‘Rode Beek’ will be restored. In the tender, we designed the removal of many tonnes of mine debris and the subsequent redesign of a brook valley. Interesting about the plan and the planning process, was the integrated approach towards ecology, hydrology, soil science, construction and architecture. Buried under a hill of mine stone litter, the brook ‘Rode Beek’ runs through a 300-meter long tunnel since the ‘60s. As compensation for the construction of a new road, the natural value of the brook will be restored. H+N+S made a plan for construction firm Heijmans, to bid in the tender. The hill of mine stone needed to be transported to an abandoned factory site a bit more to the south. The brook gets its own valley, where it can meander again. In our proposal, the river gets the space to run wild again through its bed. We construct a stable loam and gravel bed where sedimentation and erosion processes can take place. This brings the most interesting nature. On the hills, we plant trees in a thin layer of soil. Later on, they will be thinned. In this way, the forest matures faster. Another design was the bridge that needed to be constructed over the new valley. We decided to build a bridge with no supporting columns, and made it as thin as possible. The shape of the bridge further gives the bridge a thin look, and the separate wooden barriers made it possible to construct a view

slim and appealing railing. Although we didn’t win the tender, the way of working was much appreciated by the construction firm, and we still work on a number of projects with them, where ecology, spatial quality, and infrastructure meet.

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Energy vision ‘Parkstad Limburg’

Commissioned by the city-region ‘Parkstad Limburg’, H+N+S constructed, together with Wageningen University and University Zuyd, a report about the energy transition of the region. The question was whether it would be possible to have a neutral energy balance, and if so, which steps needed to be taken accordingly. Wageningen University did research on the potentials of renewable energy production, University Zuyd on the present use of energy and the potentials of energy savings in all sectors. H+N+S integrated the knowledge, visualized it (maps on the right), and brought it together in the Sankey-di-

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agrams (right page) and potentials-graph (bottom), and the written report. The conclusion is that it is possible to have a neutral energy balance in 2040, with a large investment in energy production and in savings. Now, after the elections, the city-region is starting to do follow-up studies into the necessary steps. The report is unique in its integration of production and savings potential, and a good example for future energy

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studies. The project is part of H+N+S’s larger field of work concerning the energy transition, for which the book ‘Landscape and energy’ has been published in june 2014.

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Park 101, Los Angeles Can Los Angeles freeways, which connect cities but also separate communities, be used to bring the two together? I was part of the EDAW AECOM Intern Program, in which a group of university students from around the world came to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Los Angeles office in June 2008 to study this question: How can we reconnect the city’s historic core north of the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. 101) with the civic, cultural and financial centers to the south? Our solution, Park 101, proposes a visionary, yet realistic, urban design solution to cap a half-mile length of this freeway with an audacious urban park in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. The proposal reconnects the city’s historic core at El Pueblo, north of the freeway, with the civic, cultural, and financial districts of modern Los Angeles to the south. The project provides a unique opportunity to shape an exciting new direction for Downtown Los Angeles. The proposed half-mile park to cap the U.S. 101 transforms the freeway “trench” into a place of gathering. The extension of the Chinatown grid towards downtown generates a series of bends that create the shape for the proposed park, accommodating an amphitheater, landscaped open spaces, a mega program of 101 swings inviting people to interact and a city forest that celebrates the diversity and global nature of Los Angeles. A massive, public underground parking area on the freeway level will serve a staging area to support the pedestrian friendly Park 101 environment and encourage use of public bus and rail transit, biking and other modes of travel. On the right, the conceptual diagrams of sub-groups are shown that influenced the final design. Together with an architect I proposed a pedestrian-friendly campus, to create a real ‘heart’ of the city, on top of a parking garage, with good opportunities for real estate development. On the right page, top, the eventual masterplan is shown, I was responsible for the final design and the hand drawn plan, together with two other landscape architects. At the bottom, a collage shows the feel of the 101 swings, the prairie, and the orchard. On this page, bottom, all participants in the Inter Program are posing next to the model.

Dubbed simply ‘Park 101,’ this truly inspirational vision was formulated by a group of college students led by design firm EDAW AECOM in June 2008. Built in 1950, the eight-lane freeway literally divides Downtown’s historic El Pueblo and Chinatown to the north and the Bunker Hill and Civic Center areas to the south. Park 101 reclaims approximately 100 acres of land in the heart of Downtown to reconnect the communities and provide a “palette” for painting a new, much more exciting place to live and work, with a “wow” factor thrown in…

A WALK THROUGH THE PARK Imagine…an iconic gateway and overlook at Grand Avenue. Making a bold statement, this announces the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Los Angeles. As the tallest structures on the west coast, the proposed forms create the gateway to the park and an entire new district. The towers sit at the top of the site and anchor the northern end of Grand Avenue. The orientation of the main tower is a direct response to the California weather. Taking advantage of the abundant sunlight, a double skin façade on the south side reduces the building’s energy load and environmental footprint, while also leaving the opportunity to generate energy to light the park below. The gateway contributes to the expanding downtown skyline, while acting as a fulcrum for continuing development and growth around Grand Avenue in the future. Continuing down the hill, an amphitheater brings together the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and the new High School for the Visual and Performing Arts. The space takes advantage of the great views from the heights of Fort Moore Hill. The amphitheater creates a larger event space for gatherings and also sets the stage for people watching and for experiencing a typical golden California hillside.

The park accommodates a new way of defining public art by locating a 101 Swings display in its heart. This permanent installation invites people to interact and play with one another where visitors can heartily announce to “come meet me by the Swings”. The 101 Swings act as a stepping stone as one moves from the formal, programmed streets into the informal, less programmed park. What Los Angeles lacks isn’t only great public spaces, but also places that engage strangers and compel them to do something together. This piece of art, the 101 Swings, with all its whimsy and delight can accomplish just that. Adjacent to El Pueblo, the park is host to a city forest that celebrates the diversity and global nature of Los Angeles. Here fruits, trees, and flowers from all over the world are a proxy for Angelinos, a group whose bio-diversity the forest will be hard-pressed to match. Further east, the park extends out beyond Alameda, orienting people towards the Los Angeles River.

‘Bahndammpark’ square, Zürich This study-project dealt about a parking lot next to newly developed office buildings and an old railway bridge on old arches of nature-stone. In the arches, shops were about to be developed, and over the bridge, a pedestrian trail will run. The assignment by Prof.Vogt, ETH Zürich, was very free, and asked to come up with a design for the square. The very strict design of many of the office buildings gave me the feeling that the square should have a lush, informal sphere. That’s where you would go for a coffe during or after work. I wanted to repeat the vertical columns of the railway arches in a scattered forest, that takes you up in the ‘jungle’ when entering, and then becomes more open towards the railway, revealing it gradually through the canopy. The layout of the square is explained in the layer diagram on the far right. It is determined by imagined walking lines between doors and streets. In front of the shops, terraces can be placed. The resulting walkways and terrace make up a pebble surface, in which organic shapes of perennials, grass, and hedges are placed. The tree layer is superposed as explained before. The grass and hedges are important for a winter body (sketch at the bottom), and give, together with the tree trunks, a year-round experience of the new ‘Bahndammpark’.

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