PORTFOLIO OF
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BY
Pim Lucassen
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9 april 1991
Pim Lucassen
MSc Landscape Architecture pcrlucassen@gmail.com | 0031636395381
Education 09/2012 - 10/2015 | Wageningen University MSc Landscape Architecture & Spatial Planning Major in Landscape Architecture 10/2013 - 03/2014 | Technische Universität München (TUM) Landschaftsarchitektur & Öffentliche Raum Erasmus Exchange Program 09/2009 - 08/2012 | Wageningen University BSc Landschapsarchitectuur & Ruimtelijke Planning Major in Landschapsarchitectuur 09/2003 - 05/2009 | Sophianum Gulpen VWO, Economie & Maatschappij
Work Experience 01/2016 - current| Postservice, Wageningen Delivery driver 03/2014 - 07/2014 | terra.nova landschaftsarchitektur, München Landscape Architect Intern 05/2009 - 08/2009 | Tree-nursery, orchard Bielaar, Margraten Salesperson - Fruit
Extracurricular Activities 09/2012 - current | TOPOSonline Editor for weblog of Landscape Architecture & Spatial Planning Study Association Genius Loci, Wageningen University 10/2012 - 10/2013 | BUITEX Scandinavia 2013 Treasurer for the International Excursion of Landscape Architecture & Spatial Planning Study Association Genius Loci, Wageningen University
Technical Skills Adobe CS Photoshop Adobe CS Illustrator Adobe CS InDesign Google SketchUp AutoCAD
Languages Dutch | Native speaker English | Full professional proficiency German | Professional proficiency Spanish | Elemental proficiency
„ I believe that an environment that optimises the human potential and spirituality can go hand in hand with an aesthetically beautiful and naturally balanced, living environment without sacrificing the elements that store and shape histories and experiences “
Pim Lucassen
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Selected Projects 2015| Exploring the Way Master’s Thesis, Wageningen University Camino de Santiago, Spain 2014 | St.-Georgenplatz & Schwanenplatz Competition, terra.nova Landschaftsarchitektur Regensburg, Germany 2014 | StadtLandFluss Competition, terra.nova Landschaftsarchitektur Brixen, Italy 2013 | Desire Lights Masterprojekt Landschaftsarchitektur, Technische Universität München Nürnberg, Germany 2013 | Landscape of Contemplation Master Atelier, Wageningen University Galder, Netherlands Additional Projects Wageningen University, Technische Universität München, i.a.
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Pim Lucassen
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pcrlucassen@gmail.com
2015 Camino de Santiago, Spain
Exploring the Way
Master’s Thesis, Wageningen University pilgrimage - walking - phenomenology - rest areas - design/research
The religious situation in Europe is changing towards a more pluralised character; a new spirituality. Current traditional religious infrastructure does not seem to be flexible enough to cope with this change. In the continuing move towards pluralism the more individually orientated phenomenon of pilgrimage is becoming increasingly popular among believers and non-believers.
Being the most geographical form of religious devotion it is remarkable that there exists little knowledge on how to design on pilgrimage landscapes from a landscape architectural point of view. Landscape architectural design could play a meaningful role in facilitating new spirituality in pilgrimage landscapes. The case in this design-research is the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain.
Supervised by: Rudi van Etteger Niek Hazendonk My masterthesis was a supervised, individual designresearch project. The project involved the analysis of my personal experience of walking the Camino de Santiago, and a resulting design case-study. The outcome of the research was a scientific report on the phenomelogical experience of the Camino de Santiago and how it can result into landscape architectural design.
the 4 landscapes of the Camino
my experience on the Camino
4 stages in my experience
where experience meets landscape
The Camino de Santiago is subjected to two phenomenological methods; one including a first-person experience of me walking the route. Through a landscapeand diary analysis, aided by an elaboration on rites de passage, it is found that the Camino’s landscape types overlap with the experiential structure of the pilgrimage ritual. On the basis of this overlap the individual and plural experience of pilgrimage is put forward in a number of clear small-scale designs along the route.
LIMEN SEPARATION
marginal status
AGGREGATION
old status
new status
time contestation
communitas
2015 -262,458
2010 -272,703
2006 -100,377
2001 -61,418
1986 -1,801
1991 -7,274
1996 -23,218
THE PYRENEES AND ITS FOOTHILLS
new confrontations
THE ROLLING FIELDS AND VINYARDS OF LA RIOJA
crossing the threshold 46 km
comfort in the new 130 km
THE CASTILLIAN AND LEONESE MESETA
rhythm found
footsteps among stones 192 km
on the stage 261 km
reward through deviating 275 km
being alone together
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS ON THE CASTILLIAN AND GALICIAN BORDER
preparing for transcendence 363 km
an eternal monument 434 km
THE ROLLING GREEN INTERIOR OF GALICIA
arriving home together
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settling old and new 548 km
solitude amidst the centre 642 km
comfort in the new
old footsteps among stones
on the stage
reward through deviating
preparing for transcendence
an eternal monument
settling old and new
solitude amidst the cente
130 km
261 km
363 km
548 km
192 km
275 km
434 km
642 km
crossing the threshold
46 km
The nine designs; stations, are used to empower unique experiences and strengthen the existing larger landscape- and experiential structures. Shown in detail is the first station: ‘crossing the threshold’. In this stage the pilgrim is still doubting about his purpose; uncertain if he wants to continue or return home. The station offers the pilgrim the possibility to look forward, to the uncertainties, challenges and rewards ahead, or back at the already conquered path and his distant home.
LORCA 0.4 KM
VILLATUERTA 3.0 KM
All stations have a clear design language in which modernist aesthetics and materialisation is combined with local, vernacular building methods or materials.
The paved rectangle crossing the asphalt road at the same level, is cut by two, slightly raised, cortensteel edges leading into the fields. These edges form a tactile reminder of the site as the pilgrim’s shoe presses on the edge; interrupting the walking-rhythm. Inside, the concrete retaining walls are horizontally grooved, with a rough finish on the outside and smooth finish on the inside. The walls dampen the sound from the highway and form the structure for the cortensteel seat.
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Pim Lucassen
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pcrlucassen@gmail.com
2014 Regensburg, Germany
St.-Georgenplatz & Schwanenplatz
Competition, terra.nova Landschaftsarchitektur paving - square - urban public space - traffic management - historic city centre
To accommodate more car-free public spaces in the centre of Regensburg a substantial reorganization of the Schwanenplatz and St-Georgenplatz is foreseen. The aim of this design is to create, in addition to accomodating a smooth flow of traffic, a viable framework for the area’s future traffic situation. In this design the two, currently different, squares are seen as one and
connected as one. Here, the urban space is tied together by a simple and clear pavement solution. The new and coherent pavement structure provides enough flexibility to deal with changing traffic occupancies during the day and boosts the existing aesthetics of the area. In the designprocess, the traffic regulations, -dimensions and -flows had to be taken into consideration.
In cooperation with: Yvonne Baur Carola Stuerzer Peter Wich Within this competion-project I was responsible for organising the fieldvisit and managing the contact with the municipality. I set up the crude CAD files for design and assisted on their elaboration. Furthermore I was substantially involved in drawing the detail sections and -plans, and setting up the visualisations.
pavement and new busstops
new and existing trees
traffic flows and parking
The connecting element is the homogenic floorplan; a carpet-like pavement throughout the area. Traffic is restricted to two streets; creating a new pedestrian space. The use of robust materials ensures a lasting and attractive urban space. As the guiding elements in the area, the Minorite Church and the planned ‘Museum of Bavarian History’ are newly interwoven. These are marked by clear borderstone delineation, and like the historic citywalls equipped with a new lighting plan.
‘city pavillon’ and viewlines
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‘city pavillon’ busstop at Schwanenplatz
The nitted layout of the natural stone pavement is capable of handling high traffic intensity while clearly delineating the different traffic zones with parallel markers. Varying in 4 to 6 colours the granite stones connect the pavement with the colours of the city while clearly setting this area apart from the neighbouring historic core. Elements like benches, trashcans, fountains and bicycle racks are easily incorporated in this pavement layout.
view to the Schwanenplatz and ‘city pavillon’
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square at ‘Museum for Bavarian History’
messing-markings of the old citywalls in front of the museum
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Pim Lucassen
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pcrlucassen@gmail.com
2014 Brixen, Italy
StadtLandFluss
Competition, terra.nova Landschaftarchitektur promenade - riverpark - flood management - water ecology - multidisiciplinary
The rivers Eisack and Rienz; converging in the centre of the historic town of Brixen. have caused many flooding problems in the past and, unless if adequate measures are taken, will continue in the future. The project StadtLandFluss aimes to not only tackle the flood-problem, but also to improve water-ecology, water-recreation and water-aesthetics in the urban public space.
In cooperation with: Yvonne Baur Christian Tomsu Carola Stuerzer Martin Wich Peter Wich This competionproject demanded a multidisciplinary team. In first phase of the project I was responsible for preparing the CAD-files into workable plans for design-meetings. From there I joined meetings with the hydraulics engineer. As the design progressed I worked on several drawings, including the visuals, general- and detailled plans.
In this design the two rivers and their adjoining banks and plains are divided in different sections; differing on the basis of water-flow, riverbed, banks, and built-up or natural area. For each section adequate design- and watermanagement measures are undertaken to add sensisibility to the flooding patterns. Only by tackling small sections the basin can improve as a whole.
floodplain retention Eisack meadows
Bolzano-Brenner cycleway
semi-urban riverfront
historic centre
upstream Rienz
semi-urban dual riverfront
riverpark retention wall heightening
riverbed widening
Rienzschlucht recreationarea Historic Brixen
dyke heightening
the Eisack-Rienz basin in sections and atmospheres
specified flood protection measures divided
connecting landscape and urbanity
In general the design measures undertaken allow the Eisack and Rienz to adopt their natural flow character to a certain extent. Where needed the removal of restricting elements in the flow and the deepening and widening of riverbeds allow a higher capacity. In the streamline of these pragmatic measurements the rivers will be more present and accesible in the (semi-) urban public space; adding a greater experiential value to the now canalised streams. In its wake biodiversity will grow.
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In one of the five sections the Eisack is tightly squeezed inbetween built-up areas. To counter a bottleneck effect in the vulnerable urban space the riverbed is deepened and strengthened , excess planting on the banks removed, and the adjecent wall heightened. In the process adding a new high promenade directly on the eastbank of the river. Next to that the river is allowed again to have freeflowing gravel banks in its bedding to improve water ecology and -aesthetics.
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Pim Lucassen
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pcrlucassen@gmail.com
2013 Nürnberg, Germany
Lights of Desire
Masterprojekt Landschaftsarchitektur, Technische Universität München (TUM) temporary installation - art festival - urban public space - lighting - netting structure
Landscape Architecture students of the TUM where invited by the city of Nürnberg to design a installation for the annual ‘Blaue Nacht’ festival. Part of the design task was to provide a planning of logistics and constuction, and present a feasable overview of the total costs. Summarised in the concept of ‘desire’ several designs for the city’s main square where conceived.
This installation lets people actively engage with their desires in public, by exposing and capturing them in a visual, but ungraspable way. The basics of the installation are formed by a suspended and transparant netting structure covering the entire square, and helium-filled balloons that will be captured under the netting.
In cooperation with: Felix Gutmann Franziska Hepp Philipp Uerlings At the start of this team-based design-project I was mainly responsible for setting up the concept and sequencing the setup of the installation. From there I was involved in a myriad of tasks; ranging from setting up lighting experiments, working on the presentation-model, or drawing on the final products.
spotting
taking
deciding
admiring
the process of ‘letting go’ of your desire
Through sketching the abstract ‘desire’ was conceptualised as a message under a balloon; the ‘symbol’. With the balloon rising up it will be lit up by blacklightlamps at a certain height; making the desire visible to everyone. Comparing the ritual to lighting a candle. Based on visual-axes a netting structure captures the balloons at varying heights. With the night falling in, the net dissappears to the background while the ‘symbols’ become more visable, and more ungraspable.
visual axes
pillars
netting heights
main entrances
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S채ule mit Wasserfundament und SItzgelegenheit
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S채ule mit Wasserfundament
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With the ‘Blaue Nacht’ being a light festival, the lighting within the installation was heavily experimented with. Leading to a choice for so-called ‘black-light cannons’ installed on the pillars.This gave the opportunity to control the height at which the ‘symbol’ would light up, without exposing the structure of the netting.
The atmosphere under the protective roof intends to give the visitors the confidence that this is a special place where your ‘symbol’ can be released safely in public. Due to the temporary nature of the installation and the available budget it was chosen to build with standardised scaffolding elements.
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Pim Lucassen
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pcrlucassen@gmail.com
2013 Galder, Netherlands
Landscape of Contemplation
Master Atelier, Wageningen University pilgrimage - rest area - seclusion - contemplation - slow tourism
Through researching the slow-tourism potential for rural Galder it was found that the Dutch branch of the Camino de Santiago offers a great opportunity to draw in visitors. By setting up a contemplative rest area along the route, pilgrims are invited to engage in a more deeper and -meaningfull experience with the local landscape and -community; thereby prolonging their stay.
The rest areas’ design focuses on a path-sequence and an enclosed clearing within the forest. Here, the path-sequence represents the pilgrim’s connection to the local landscape, while the clearing illustrates the connection with a higher spirituality. The basillica-like clearing and the pilgrimage-like path stimulate the pilgrim to adopt a more contemplative sense of being while walking or cycling.
Supervised by: Gabriëlle Bartelse Rudi van Etteger This individual design-project was part of a larger research-project set up by the municipality of Alphen-Chaam to investigate the potential scenarios for ‘Cittaslow’ developments in the area. Teams of students of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning were asked to research a myriad of subjects; including the future for slowtourism.
By examaning twelve design concepts for contemplative spaces it was found that contemplativity focused on increasing people’s attention towards their environment and reducing stimuli; the feeling of immersion and refuge. Analysing the rivervalley on the basics for contemplative space, the ideal location for the pilgrim’s rest area was found on a forested riverdune alongside the river and path.
openness
relief
naturalness
remoteness
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The enclosed clearing is surrounded by a 3-meter high wooden palisade which, together with the verticality of the pinetrees, create a natural basilica.
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6 The sequenced approach is set up as a pilgrimage. Making the visual connection from accros the river, the visitor is drawn in from afar. Following the path, the visitor becomes ever more emerged in the landscape as they sink into the river dune. Upon reaching the threshold one is rewarded by a space where outward-stimuli are minimised.
Additional Projects 2014| Blaue Nacht 2014 Waldplastik! Technische Universität München (TUM) This project was part of the realisation-phase of the ‘Blaue Nacht project’ of the TUM and the city of Nürnberg. Here the task was to make the winning design; Waldplastik!, into a feasible design, both construction- and budget-wise, and subsequently build it. Here I took part in researching and developing the lighting- and plastic bags-part, and building the final installation at the festival.
2012-2013| BUITEX2013 Scandinavia Wageningen University In the summer of 2013 I organised together with 5 fellow-students a 12-day study trip for 18 students and 3 teachers of Landscape Architecture & Spatial Planning to Stockholm, Lappland, Lofoten and Tromsø to study Scandinavian (landscape) architecture and the landscapes of the arctic. As the treasurer I was responsible for the available budget and financial balance for the entire trip.
2012| Netwerk Erfgoed & Ruimte (Network Heritage & Space) Wageningen University, i.a. In this governmental network I worked in a multidisciplinary team of students; consisting of heritage-studies, urban-planning, and landscape-history, to develop guidelines and a manifest for future policy on Dutch cultural heritage. Our research; consisting of a case-study on the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie (New Dutch Waterline), was adopted in the network’s final publication.
Pim Lucassen
MSc Landscape Architecture pcrlucassen@gmail.com | 0031636395381
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