In the summer of 2025, Flux presented the results of the Utrecht 2100 scenario study to the Provincial Council Committee. Four integrated future scenarios for the year 2100 were developed and compared with the existing Environmental Vision. Using maps, systemic cross-sections and inspiring atmospheric images, spatial opportunities and bottlenecks were identified, highly and low-dynamic areas were identified, and no-regret measures for water and soil management were formulated. The study produced clear recommendations for the seven themes from the Environmental Vision and offers policymakers indispensable tools to make the province of Utrecht climate-adaptive, circular and economically vital, and to further refine the Environmental Vision for 2050. Commissioned by the Provincie Utrecht.
Flux went on excursion to Brabant! The team visited 25 different projects in Tilburg, Den Bosch and Eindhoven, including the Spoorpark, Stadhuisplein in Tilburg, Tramkade Den Bosch, the NRE site in Eindhoven and the Flux projects Wilhelminaplein and Stadsdommel in Eindhoven.
In Den Bosch, the team was welcomed at the city office, where an inspiring presentation on the vision of the urban development for the city was given by Gido Ten Dolle (director of Urban Development for the Municipality 's-Hertogenbosch) and Hanneke Straver (urban planner for the Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch).
In Eindhoven Strijp-S and Strijp-R were visited with a guided tour by Bram van Ekeren (architect and urban designer at diederendirrix architects) and a tour through the Veemgebouw and Space-S with Danny Meijer (architect at diederendirrix), where we gained a good insight into the development of these sites.
The excursion included a wonderful mix of urban and rural projects, ranging from older developments to brand-new plans and construction sites. An excursion full of inspiration for our next projects!
Flux wins two WLA Awards!
Let's celebrate! Flux has won two World Landscape Architecture Awards. The Almere Highnote and Stadspark Dordrecht XXL projects were both honoured with the “Outstanding Award”. The international jury selected the projects from more than 300 entries worldwide.
Dordrecht is committed to the growth of the city and wants to utilise and strengthen all its existing qualities. The Dordtwijk zone, with its many sports fields and facilities, and its sometimes hidden, park-like and scenic character, provides opportunities to transform this zone into a new city park.
In Flux's vision, the sports fields, the park-like landscape and connections to the surrounding area come together to form a lively and green heart of the city: the new Dordrecht City Park. The park offers space for relaxation, sports, nature experiences and biodiversity. A central role is reserved for the 10-kilometre-long park loop: a wide, smooth path suitable for walking, cycling, running and skating.
Flux was commissioned by the Municipality of Dordrecht to develop the vision and details of the park design, with a focus on routes, greenery, water, programme and objects. The integration of sports facilities, more nature and water makes the park more robust and climate-proof.
Let's celebrate! Flux has won two World Landscape Architecture Awards. The Almere Highnote and Stadspark Dordrecht XXL projects were both honoured with the “Outstanding Award”. The international jury selected the projects from more than 300 entries worldwide.
The Highnote apartment complex, a collaboration between Flux and Studioninedots, commissioned by AM Gebiedsontwikkeling, was completed in October 2023. The building features a large open plinth connected to a green industrial yard, a green and water-buffering courtyard and a communal roof garden, all linked by the surrounding colonnade.
Stadsflora The Hague: the potential of green in the compact city district
Flux has recently been working on several case studies for the design research project Stadsflora. One of the cases is The Hague: In The Hague, there is a greening challenge at neighbourhood and block level. In streets and on pavements, paving can be converted to green in many places. Often these are residual spots, pavements with excess paving or traffic-driven and paved public spaces. The surfaces of these green spaces are relatively small and fragmented, but the sum of all green spaces together does contribute to improving the quality of life and the climate-adaptive design of the city. The potential of this type of green space in The Hague's compact city districts is the focus of the case study.
Stadsflora is a design research project, initiated by Flux, aimed at developing sustainable planting plans for urban areas. Among other things, the research focuses on the resilience of planting, how future climate conditions can be effectively addressed, and how a natural approach to urban planting can be translated into inspiring design principles. It also explores how greening cities can go hand in hand with affordable maintenance solutions.
Flux is working on a spatial perspective for the young reclaimed landscape east of the Mariapeel. In this intensively used agricultural area, between vulnerable raised bog nature and tourist crowds, we are looking for a robust landscape structure in which nature, agriculture, energy and recreation reinforce each other.
The assignment formulates a long-term vision in which the carrying capacity of the natural system is leading. Climate resilience, new landscape building blocks and a long-term perspective for farmers form the core of the plan. Commissioned by Municipality of Horst aan de Maas
The project is part of the NOVEX area De Peel, for which Flux previously developed a future vision. Read more about the De Peel 2050
Preliminary Design Hoefkwartier approved
The preliminary design (VO) of the Hoefkwartier Amersfoort public space has been approved by the board. Flux is working on behalf of the municipality of Amersfoort on the design for the public space Hoefkwartier Amersfoort. In the coming years, the area will change from an office environment to a lively city district. 3,500 to 4,000 new homes will be built here, in addition to existing educational institutions and workplaces. The ambition is to make the Hoefkwartier a place where living, working and learning come together in a new green and sustainable public space. Now that the VO has been approved, the first sub-areas are further elaborated in a DO.
Flux is working with Rebel on a future perspective for the Goudsesingel. The central question in this assignment is: how will the street be used in 100 years? The future perspective shows how the street will be spatially designed in the future, how it will become resilient to climate extremes and in what way it will contribute to other tasks in the city. Commissioned by the Municipality of Rotterdam.
Stadsdommel Eindhoven in the news!
Commissioned by the Municipality of Eindhoven, Flux has spent the past few months working on a spatial design and implementation agenda for the Stadsdommel in Eindhoven. The river Dommel, now often still hidden in the city, has the potential to become a solid green-blue structure with space for people and nature. By seeing the Dommel as part of a broader stream valley system, a connection can be made between the city of Eindhoven and surrounding landscapes.
Stadsdommel seeks the balance between ecology and the need for quality public space in a densifying city center. It forms a green structure in the city, with space for rest, nature, movement and encounters. Animals find living space, people find a place to stay, walk or play. The area will have a recognizable identity as an urban structure, in which nature and city reinforce each other.
In recent months, the Flux team has grown with 8 new people: technical designer (MSc) Daniela Kleiman, urban designer Oana Paraschiv, landscape designer (MSc) Martijn Bisschops, landscape designer Febe de Niel, landscape designer Junhui Zhang and interns Francesca Antonacci, Bram van Raaij and Vera Vince. Flux is a multidisciplinary firm of 21 people with different design backgrounds.