LOLA Ten tips for landscape architecture

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Use a local problem to invent a generic solution Though landscape architecture tends to be a custom job, it can still offer solutions for footloose phenomena

Dordrecht

Dordrecht power line park

> Dordrecht plan area

> Urban power lines in the Netherlands

> Urban power lines in the Netherlands

Dordrecht

> Limitations for the plan area

> Proposal for planted power lines in urban areas

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Use a global challenge to solve a local problem Global problems can have a major influence on landscape design

Almere

> Palm oil plant in Sumatra

> Tropical forest is replaced by fields of palms

> Field of poplars in Almere

> Pampushout 2010

> Pampushout in 2010

> Pampushout in 2020

> Pampushout in 2030

> Food-core

> Rausch-core

> Wood-core

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Think big in small scale projects Design solutions often emerge in the bigger picture

Tilburg

Meijerijbaanbrug

> The Wilhelminavaart seen from the Meijerijbaan bridge

> The Meijerijbaanbridge has lost its current purpose

> Existing situation

> Proposal for the new situation: bridge, routing and landscape

> Proposal for the new bridge

> Proposal for the new bridge

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Think small and simple in large scale projects On large scale and long term, it’s hardly possible to foresee the results of a design intervention. Still it’s vital to show how the future might look like

Grevelingen

> The delta before the disaster in 1953

> The Delta Plan to secure the delta

> The delta now

> Masterplan for the Grevelingen

> Eco-resort and tidal bath

> Island in splendid isolation

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Design total landscapes If possible, ‘total design’ is very powerful an can overcome apparent contradictions

Sintra

Cyprus

> Sintra is located between Lisbon and a National Park

> Sintra vs. Lisbon

> One park to withstand the urban sprawl

> Inner courtyards face nature

> Boiulevard drive

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Don’t design everything The more you design, the less freedom there is left

Hannover Rotterdam

Cyprus

> Leftover construction site A4 highway

> Park landscape shaped by people kiting, walking, driving

> Park landscape shaped by people kiting, walking, driving

Hannover all-season square

> Seasonal activities

Hannover all-season square

> A new square for Hannover city

> create the perfect conditions for any kind of use, all year round

Hannover

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Aim for pure nature Designed nature might never be ‘pure’ but can be overwhelmingly abundant, rich, exciting and fertile

Grevelingen

Grevelingen dam

> The Grevelingen Dam was a marvel of Dutch construction

Grevelingen dam

> But now the Grevelingen Dam is mainly a derelict, poor landscape

Grevelingen dam

> The result is that tourists stay away

Current situation map

> The current situation

> The masterplan

> Pure nature: sandbanks, lagunes and dunes

> Harbours and a boulevard provide service and entertainment

Natural landscape

> The result: pure nature man made

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Make devices to experience nature People need devices to experience nature; they bring binoculars, kites, bike, etc. Landscape architects should develop unique devices to enable that experience.

Tilburg

> People bring generic devices to experience nature

> Holterberg National Park

> The Korhoen is a bird on the verge of extinction

> Roadkill

> There is a need for devices for nature and people as well

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> The ponds guide you from the train station into the heart of the National Park

> The ponds guide you from the train station into the heart of the National Park

> The ponds provide water for the wildlife

> During the morning you might spot a deer

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Trigger senses Like most media, this book only shows the visual side of landscapes, while an intense landscape experience depends on all senses

Tilburg

Fountain

> The famous fountain of Chatsworth Garden

Composed City

Riffelschiene

Fly Paper

Kikkit

Tongue squash

Playback

Silent neighbours

> Wriezerer Freiraum artworks

Vessel installation

> Riffelschiene provides a hangout and enables people to people listen

> Riffelschiene provides a hangout and enables people to people listen

> Riffelschiene provides a hangout and enables people to people listen

> The kikkit amplifies the play of soccer

> The kikkit amplifies the play of soccer

Teugen Airport

> A fresnel-shaped amphitheater to experience the sound of airplanes

> The fresnel design focuses noise from the airplanes

> The center of the amphitheater is the focal point of tall airplane noise

Dordrecht sound barrier

> A new approach in the design of sound barriers

> The transformation of a traditional sound barrier

> The result is a landscape of park-like foothills

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Make sense Landscape architecture is about realizing ideas

Appeltern

Landscape architecture is about realizing ideas

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Use a local problem to invent a generic solution

Use a global challenge to solve a local problem

Think big in small scale projects

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Think small in large scale projects

Design total landscapes

Don’t design everything

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Aim for pure nature

Make devices to experience nature

Trigger senses

CARden

> A pedestal for the ‘holy cow’

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