LEAF AWARDS MASTER PLANNING & LANDSCAPING PALMBOUT URBAN LANDSCAPES STROOTMAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
LEAF Awards Master Planning & Landscaping PALMBOUT Urban Landscapes Strootman Landschapsarchitecten
Wieringen Passage A constructionplan designed at a regional scale
If there is one spatial development that has captured the
of housing islands, subdivision principles and the design of
Wieringermeer with its long strong lines.
Program: 1845-2100 new houses, 664 hectares for new
headlines in the Netherlands in recent years, it is the
bridges, housing thresholds and water levels.
In the eastern part the water is relatively deep and banks
natural areas and a new 850-hectare lake
plan to separate the former island of Wieringen from the
Wieringen is very old and up to 1930 was an island; the
are steep. The easternmost island is like a boat floating in
polders of Noord-Holland by the creation of a new lake. A
Wieringermeer polder is pumped dry only in the 1930’s.
the lake. In the northeastern part a new housing island is
Designers: Strootman Landschapsarchitecten
mayor had to step down, letters were sent to government
The designers had a preference for the scenario in which
nestled against a relic of the former ‘boezem’ of the polder
(Berno Strootman, Gloria Font, Bieke van Hees, René van der
ministers asking them to examine the plan critically, and an
Wieringen was to become the sole boulder clay island of the
Waard-Nieuwland, that will dissolve in the future lake.
Velde, Ymkje van de Witte and Thijs van der Zouwen).
angry artist who spent three months in prison for setting
Netherlands once again, with offshore sandbanks providing
Moreover, the historical dyke, the Wierdijk, which is now
In collaboration with PALMBOUT Urban Landscapes
fire to the planner’s office. At the beginning of 2008, the
space for the development of recreational facilities and
on the border between Wieringen and the polder can regain
(Jaap van den Bout, Monique Mooij, Leonie Rupert and Bas
municipalities of Wieringen and Wieringermeer as well as
housing. This version envisages the flooding of the entire
its traditional significance. Extensive areas for recreation
van der Vinne), Jos Rademakers Ecologie en Ontwikkeling,
the province of Noord-Holland approved the masterplan
polder of Waard-Nieuwland and part of Wieringermeer.
and beaches will be scattered around the islands. There will
Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers
for the Wieringen Passage. This new passage to the south
also be space available for housing on the other (eastern)
of the former island of Wieringen is intended to connect
Ecological gradients are to be introduced depending on
side of the lake at the Robbenoordbos, which will have
Commissioned by Boskalis, Volker Wessels Vastgoed, the
the Amstelmeer with the IJsselmeer. Around 2000 new
the depth of the water and the situation in relation to the
waterways for pleasure boats. An ecological corridor will be
municipalities of Wieringen and Wieringermeer, and the
permanent and recreational dwellings are planned in and
island, ranging from the shallow foreshores to the reed
created on the south shore.
province of Noord-Holland
around the passage. The Wieringen passage is expected to
lands just above water level, and from the wet grasslands to
provide a much-needed economic impetus to the region.
the dry-land wooded nature areas on the small islands with
We think that this large-scale, courageous intervention
Design 2007
In addition, the project will enlarge and improve natural
housing. Further it involves traffic design around the lake,
is the only way of providing the declining region with
Implementation period 2009–2032
habitat areas and improve agriculture, recreation and rural
subdivision principles and the design of bridges, housing
the desired socio-economic impulse. In the Netherlands,
Budget € 300,000,000
living standards in the area.
thresholds and water levels.
planners have to go back to the days of Cornelis Lely,
The Lago Wirense consortium – composed of Boskalis and
Area 1,600 ha
the engineer known for the Afsluitdijk (IJsselmeer dam)
Volker Wessels Vastgoed – commissioned the designers
The configuration of the new islands is partly based on
and IJsselmeer polders, for any long-term plans of this
at Strootman Landschapsarchitecten and Palmboom
sightlines to and from Wieringen. The shaped woodland-
magnitude. Some of the present residents and users find it
& van den Bout Stedenbouwkundigen to design the
elements play an important role in the visual structure of
difficult to accept that their agricultural landscape is going
masterplan, which was developed on the basis of various
this part of the lake. They outline spaces, connect, hide or
to be overturned for a recreational and nature landscape,
existing models designed by Bureau Alle Hosper. This is
emphasize different parts of the area. The atmosphere of the
which only their children and grandchildren will be able
a construction plan being designed at a regional scale. It
islands reflects the atmosphere of the land behind the dykes.
to enjoy. One of the designers puts it this way: ‘For
involves simultaneous conceptualization of a large water
In the western part the former Island of Wieringen has a
centuries, we sacrificed water for land without difficulty
body in the peninsula of Noord-Holland, traffic design
romantic, organically developed, soft-rolling landscape,
for our own well-being. Now we have to learn that it is
around the lake, design of water edges and banks, the form
while in the east there is the pragmatic polder of the robust
legitimate to sacrifice land for water for the same reason.’
LEAF Awards Master Planning & Landscaping PALMBOUT Urban Landscapes Strootman Landschapsarchitecten
Bird’s-eye view of the housing islands.
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Situation
Former island of Wieringen (1930)
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Design
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Masterplan Wieringerrandmeer The ‘’Schorren’’ plan October 2007 Droge graslanden
= Geluidswal
Natte graslanden
dry grasslands
= Ontsluiting auto
sound bar rier
Bos
wet grasslands
= Fietspad
road
forest
= Voetpad
bicycle path
shrubs on sandy ridges
= Brug gemotoriseerd verkeer
Struweel
Rietlanden
Bescherming rietlanden
Ecozone Zuid
= Brug langzaam verkeer
reed lands
protection of reed lands
= Fietspont
footpath
car bridges bicycle bridge
Watersportgebonden bedrijvigheid ecozone - south
= Ondiepe vooroever, < N.A.P. -1.3 m bicycle ferry
Woongebieden
= Water ondiep, < N.A.P. -1.9 m
harbour area
Locatie recreatiewoningen
shallow water ( 1.30 metres below sea level) = Water diep, < N.A.P. -3 m
houses
Recreatief fort
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recreational houses
= Vaargeul, < N.A.P. -4.25 m
recreational ‘forts’
1000
2000 m.
shallow water ( 1.90 metres below sea level)
shallow water ( < 3 metres below sea level)
fairway ( 4.25 metres below sea level)
N
oord
sound bar rier
0
250
500
1000
road
bicycle path
footpath
car bridges bicycle bridge
bicycle ferry shallow water ( 1.30 metres below sea level) shallow water ( 1.90 metres below sea level)
shallow water ( < 3 metres below sea level)
fairway ( 4.25 metres below sea level)
2000 m.
N
oord
2000 m.
N
oord
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Impressions of the historical (1930), current and future situation, seen from Wieringen.
1930
2007
2012
Open views to the water from
Water in contact with the old dyke of
Open views to the water from
the island of Wieringen
the island of Wieringen
the island of Wieringen
New design for water and landscape
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Location of shallow shorefaces
Reference image of shallow shorefaces
Location wood
Robbenoord wood
Location of reed marsh (natural reed-lands)
Reference image of natural reed marsh (photo:Joop van Reekum)
Location Southern dyke (dry ecological zone)
Reference image of Southern dyke (Wierholt)
Location of shrubs
Reference image waterlogged meadows (photo: Joop van Reekum)
Location of other nature (dykes, ecological connections)
-Reference image of other nature (dykes, ecological connections)
Ecotope types
Location of shrubs
Reference image of shrubs on ridges Lauwers lake (photo: Google Earth)
Areas in the Master Plan
Shallow shorefaces
approx.
215 ha.
Reed marsh
approx.
150 ha.
Waterlogged meadows
approx.
40 ha.
Thicket
approx.
20 ha.
Woods
approx.
5 ha.
Southern dyke: dry ecological zone
approx.
75 ha.
Other nature: dykes, ecological connections
approx.
95 ha.
Total nature
approx.
600 ha.
Total Wieringerrandmeer
approx. 1,600 ha.
Legend
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+0.30 water level -0.40 water level
Wier dyke
reed-land
Typical section
Impression of the proposal
fairway
reed-land
shrubs on sandy ridge
wet grassland
shallow water
housing area
lake
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Models of the housing proposals
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Housing typologies
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metres +/sea level
Wier dyke
New dyke
Wier-dyke with wet-land
housing area +0.70 (backwater level)
+0.60
+0.30 (max. water level) +0.10 (floodgate closed) -0.20 -0.40
-0.40
dry ecotopes
-0.40 (fixed water level) wet grasslands and shrubs reedlands shallow waters (type 1) shallow waters (type 2)
deep waters
fairway
Levels metres +/sea level
Wier-dyke with reed-land
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Impression
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Jaap van den Bout & Berno Strootman at the LEAF awards ceremony