Strategies
“A New Peace of Münster” documentary now on screen abroad
After the exhibition “Plan D” at the University of Münster and a series of workshops organized by Simon Richter and Patrick Nederkoorn, a documentary directed by Maria Kolossa has now aired internationally; it is following these initiatives and showcasing large-scale concepts and ideas developed by landscape architects and climate experts on their cross-border visions of…
Read More++Water Heritage on display at the Nieuwe Markt, Groningen
From 5th to 7th November 2021 our project ++Water Heritage (++Watererfgoed) together with MORE Landscape is on display in the exhibition Sponsland on the Nieuwe Markt in Groningen during Let’s Gro. The project was one of the eight proposals to adapt the area from the Hunze Valley to Schiermonnikoog to climate change looking ahead to the year 2121, but…
Read MoreMethod for abandoned agricultural buildings in Breda
One of the emerging topics in spatial quality situation of the Netherlands is the rapid change in agricultural yards and lands. Dorp, Stad & Land (Spatial Quality organization for South Holland, Zeeland and West-Brabant regions) have asked VE-R to assist in the research to come to a method of approaching farmers in early stages in…
Read More++Water Heritage on Sponsland and Act&Adapt
Our project “++ Water Heritage” is part of the Sponsland online exhibition opened on 21st January 2021 and part of the Climate Adaptation Summit Act &Adapt. In “++ Water Heritage” together with MORE Landscape we created a vision for the future of the Rietdiep river area with a scope of 100 years ahead. A regenerated robust fresh water system, based…
Read MoreAmstel Open in online forum, exhibition and magazine
Our project “Amstel Open” was presented on 20th November 2020 in an online seminar at Pakhuis de Zwijger, presented at ARCAM and published in the magazine “Het Stadsranden-lab: nieuwe typologieën voor de kreukelzones van de stad”, which can be ordered via this link: https://bna.nl/producten/het-stadsranden-lab Together with Clubhaus Architecten, M3H and ROC Amsterdam we created a vision for the Amstel area as an urban fringe open and accessible for all. Through the creation of a…
Read MoreSchalkwijk verbindt!
VE-R, together with VAST, MOVE Mobility and Field Factors have made the submission “Schalkwijk verbindt!” for the competition Panorama Lokaal. In “Schalkwijk verbindt!” we show how to steer a positive shift from ‘coming and going to and from the neighbourhood’, with the emphasis on the car, to ‘moving within the neighbourhood’, with the emphasis on…
Read MoreExcursion to Reitdiep, Groningen
For the International Climate Adaptation Summit, planned to be held in the Netherlands in January 2021, a series of support events are organized. One of them is the Climate Adaptation Design Exhibition in which eight teams have been asked to develop a vision for parts of the urban and rural regions in and around Groningen.…
Read MoreVE-R in team for selection Kolderbos in Genk
The objective of providing a structural response to society’s challenges in Kolderbos, the future construction programme of Nieuw Dak and a number of early ideas, are the reason for the city of Genk to have a vision drawn up that brings all these and potential other projects together and forms part of a coherent vision…
Read MoreFringes of the city: Amstelscheg-Amstelkwartier, Amsterdam
VE-R is part of the team for the location Amstelscheg-Amstelkwartier in Amsterdam as part of the the urban fringes lab, an initiative of BNA Research and ARCAM. The urban fringes lab will investigate how urban fringes can be (re)programmed in 2020. The starting point is the surrounding landscape, which was analysed by ARCAM in 2019…
Read MoreDialogue for design in Saint-Louis, Senegal
The island of the City of Saint Louis, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a unique position in the river Delta of the Senegal river. This river is separated from the ocean by a small strip of land called Langue de Barbarie, a densely build strip with a bustling fishing community. Flooding by the…
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