Team ION and Green Real Estate, with OZ and Flux landscape architecture, wins the tender of the former monumental Calvijn College, located in the urban subarea Podium Lelylaan. Due to its unique location, the plan forms an important link between the old and new city, near Amsterdam Lelylaan train station. The development is named ‘Het Cornelium’ and will become a creative heart with housing, community spaces and a cultural hub where artists can live and work. The landscape at ground level and the rooflandscape with the communal pavilion make an important contribution to the quality of living for both human and animals.
Every year the High Water Protection Programme (HWBP) publishes their project book. The project book describes which dike reinforcement projects are programmed for the next five years. Besides an overview of future projects, the project book also offers an inspiring reflection on the field. Flux landscape architecture has worked on three HWBP project books in the past three years and has thus shed new light on the dikes of the Netherlands. In the three HWBP books, the dikes of the Netherlands are examined in more detail, based on the topics chosen by Flux: circularity, mobility and biodiversity. Now that this trilogy has come to an end, we look back on inspiring research and collaboration.
Flux designs public space station area of Hoofddorp
Flux is selected as designer of the public space in the station area of Hoofddorp. In the coming years, the area around the station will be densified into an area with an attractive urban character, with approximately 15.500 homes and 11.000 jobs. Together with De Zwarte Hond, Flux is forming a design team for the urban plan and the design of the public space. Commissioned by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer.
As a first elaboration of the Eindhoven Green Vision, Flux has made a sketch design for Wilhelminaplein. In consultation with residents and entrepreneurs, a proposal has been developed in which Wilhelminaplein is transformed from a parking square into a climate square. In this climate square, water from the surrounding neighbourhoods will be collected, large trees will provide cooling on hot days and pedestrians will be given more space in the design. The terraces that are present on the square will be subtly incorporated into the design, and there will be room for accommodation, play and small events. In the next phase, the design will be further elaborated in consultation with the neighbourhood. The Wilhelminaplein is one of the 10 new green spots in Eindhoven that are on the agenda in the Eindhoven Green Vision.
In the coming months, Flux will be working on a research on cities for Staatsbosbeheer. The research will investigate where opportunities lie for further strengthening and development of natural areas, in the outskirts of 30 different cities. Flux will make an analysis of the cities and visualize the opportunities for the future.
The project Edible Wadden Coast by Flux, about the approach to coastal landscapes in relation to food production, has been published in the African magazine AJLA (African Journal for Landscape Architecture).
Flux has completed the green vision for Eindhoven. The project contains a vision on a further greening of the city center in which opportunities for biodiversity, climate and mobility are exploited. As an elaboration and first step within the green vision, 10 new green spots have been designed. Commissioned by the municipality of Eindhoven and in collaboration with TU Eindhoven, Acacia Water and Bureau Stadsnatuur.
Would you like to know more about this project? Take a look at Greenvision Eindhoven
Werkspoorpad published in Landscape Architecture Europe #6
The project Werkspoorpad of Flux, has been published in the European yearbook for landscape architecture, Landscape Architecture Europe #6. For this European Yearbook a selection was made of more than sixty projects from all over Europe, of which the Werkspoorpad is one. This project is an initiative of Flux and is a walking route of 2.5 km through the Werkspoorkwartier in Utrecht. This project is in collaboration with Charlotte Ernst.
Order the book here and read more about the Werkspoorpad and other European projects.
Oostenburg Amsterdam is in progress. The new district in Amsterdam is starting to take shape. Flux has worked on several projects on Oostenburg, including the Binnenwerf, roof garden De Keizer and on a part of the public space, the roof garden and courtyard of Houtrak.
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Design Research River Forests
As part of the Holtland project, Flux has worked on the design research River Forests. A design research into opportunities for new riverine forests in the Netherlands, commissioned by WWF. Flux investigates the potential of new forests in the river landscape in this design research. Five new river forest types have been introduced by Flux. These forest types can, each in their own way, strengthen and improve the river landscape. The new river forest types mainly address the functioning of the river landscape as a system, in order to be able to contribute to it. The forests respond to specific conditions and challenges, such as new sponge forests, river basin forests, stream forests and fluvial forests. Commissioned by WWF and in collaboration with Alphons van Winden.
Since 2021 Flux has been working on Holtland, a design research into new forms of forest in the Netherlands. Flux sees a high level of abstraction and a lot of focus on surfaces in existing research on forests. Therefore Flux considers it valuable to further investigate the planting of forests in the Netherlands. The focus is on the diversity of forest types, a strong relationship with major current challenges in the Netherlands and a concrete spatial elaboration. The Holtland research consists of three parts: a forest book with forests of the future, four case studies and an alternative forest vision for the Netherlands. The project was financed by the Stimuleringsfonds and by co-financing from several parties.
The 4 case studies are set up with concrete locations and the stakeholders are the Province of Utrecht, WWF, Synchroon and Staatsbosbeheer. The advisory group for the design research consists of Berno Strootman (former National Landscape Advisor, involved in the forest strategy for LNV), Kees Hendriks (researcher forest Alterra Wageningen) and Martijn Boosten (researcher and advisor at the Probos foundation).