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++Water Heritage featured in Blauwe Kamer 2022 Yearbook
Our project ++ Water Heritage (++Watererfgoed) together with MORE Landscape is featured in the Blauwe Kamer 2022 Yearbook as part of the Sponsland design project. Eight proposals were created to adapt the area from the Hunze Valley to Schiermonnikoog to climate change looking ahead to the year 2120, but also to enrich the landscape and highlight its…
Roof park design for BLOOM, Haarlem
We are delighted to have been commissioned to work in ‘our home Town Haarlem’ as well. For developer VORM, and in collaboration with FieldFactors, we will be working on a design for the roof park in the BLOOM residential development on the Spaarne. A key challenge is the design of the water supply for the…
LMUP granted financing package
The Worldbank, Spain and the Netherlands have officially granted the financing package for the Lower Msimbazi Upgrading Plan in Dar es Salaam to support the flood-safety initiative. The flood-prone area will be transformed into a vibrant city park with sustainable urban development (400 ha in total). The LMUP project was realised in collaboration with CDR,…
LMUP feasibility study completed
Stage 1 of the Lower Msimbazi Upgrading Project (LMUP) in Dar Es Salaam, including the Feasibility Study with an Integrated Spatial Plan, is completed. Further detailed design of urban greening and nature revitalization, city park design and urban development for this 400 ha area in the centre of Dar es Salaam has a clear guideline…
Preliminary design for OTP Accelerator presented to KCCA
The OTP Master Plan for the Old Taxi Park in Kampala is agreed by the city authority KCCA and shared with all stakeholders. Together with the DASUDA team, VE-R is proud of this achievement. Phase 2 of the project is nearing completion with the Preliminary Design for Old Taxi Park in Kampala including the structural…
VE-R in collaboration with Young Experts Programmes
VE-R will collaborate with Young Experts Programmes! This collaboration makes it possible for Josje Hoefsloot of VE-R to to work ‘in situ’ from Tanzania on our African projects, including the “Msimbazi Opportunity” in Dar es Salaam. This fulfills her wish to work on climate adaptation and liveable cities in East Africa. Josje is aware of…