Flux is working on ‘forgotten objects’ in the Wadden region
Commissioned by Programme towards a Rich Wadden Sea (Programma Rijke Waddenzee), Flux is working on a design research about the potential of a number of forgotten buildings and objects in the Wadden region. A survey was conducted to take stock of the objects. The list that emerged contains a drilling rig, an abandoned hotel and large parking lots along the Waddencoast. Flux was asked to design the potential of a number of these objects, in the longer term, fitting within the ambitions of the world Heritage Site.
Exhibition Sponsland starts: A travel through the Groninger landscape in 2100 with Flux
Visit the exhibition Sponsland from now until the end of December. Parts of the exhibition are to be seen on different locations in the North of the Netherlands. Earlier this year, during the Climate Adaptation Week Groningen, the designs of nine landscapearchitects from the Netherlands and abroad have been presented, including the design research of Flux into the Edible Waddencoast. Now that the exhibition is opened, the travel to a climate adaptive Groningen can continue!
Read more about the exhibition and where to find it here:
Flux has been on excursion to Belgium. Antwerp, Gent and Leuven have been visited and some more places close by. The team has had a tour by the office OMGEVING through their project Buurtpark De Porre in Gent. Also Park Spoor Noord in Antwerp and the Herbert Hooversquare and citywall in Leuven by Flux, were part of the excursion program. We visited beautiful places and projects, which gave us lots inspiration for our projects.
Team Ballast Nedam wins tender Sluisbuurt: Horizons
Commissioned by Ballast Nedam and in collaboration with Paul de Ruiter architects, Flux won the tender 5C2 in Sluisbuurt Amsterdam. This nature-inclusive building shows how people and nature can live together in harmony and creates new opportunities for forming natural cycles. These opportunities are exploited by offering maximum space for flora and fauna at ground level, collective roofs, facades and balconies. Purposefully designed positions of shelter and nesting areas are inextricably linked to the food supply for the target species. In this way, Horizons is aligned with existing natural values and stimulates new diversity in the environment. In collaboration with Gemeente Amsterdam, Alba Concepts, Buro Loo B.V., Pieters Bouwtechniek, WAX, CConcept Design, OneGo en Vogelbescherming Nederland
Flux has been selected for the longlist of the ARC21 Urbanism Award with the project Park Laagraven. The ARC Urbanism Award will reward urban- and spatial plans that distinguish themselves in quality and innovation. A search for plans that anticipate in the most important issues of our time: population growth, housing shortage and social inequality and also environmental problems and climate change.
The selected project Park Laagraven, has been developed in collaboration with the TU Delft and is about the area between Nieuwegein, Houten and Utrecht. This area is threatend to be designated as a housing location in the future. Flux has come up with an alternative plan, in which the potential of this area as a landscape park and green area for the Utrecht metropolitan region is fully utilized. Park Laagraven offers a new approach to landscapes in a context of the increasing urbanization in the Province of Utrecht. Commissioned by the provincial advisor Paul Roncken and in collaboration with the TU Delft.
The winners of the ARC21 awards will be announced on the 18th of November 2021, through a live event.
Would you like to know more? Take a look at Park Laagraven
Commissioned by Heijmans, Mitros and Wonam and in collaboration with Geurst & Schulze architecten, Monadnock and BureauVanEig, Flux has won the tender BLOEI 030 in Leidsche Rijn Utrecht. BLOEI 030 is a new green, urban living concept in Leidsche Rijn centrum Oost, with great emphasis for meeting and collectivity. Positioned at the Berlin square, BLOEI 030 is an important addition for Leidsche Rijn, with it’s urban program. At the inside of the residential blocks is a green quality, which lies in the lee of the city. This green quality is takes shape in the form of three courtyards, each with an own atmosphere and identity, with a strong collective character.
Flux went on excursion in Utrecht. The team has looked at several projects like the allotment gardens of the Hoge Weide, the surrounding of the Dafne Schippersbrug and the Maximapark. Lots of design inspiration for new projects!
TiZa-dreven Overvecht
The design team Flux and KCAP is working on a vision to improve the TiZa-dreven (the Zambesibuurt and the Tigrisbuurt around Park de Gagel) at Overvecht Utrecht. The team has thought of multiple ideas to build houses, to include nature and create more spaces to sport and play and to provide for extra public services. In the vision the team is researching for improvements of the public space in the project area around the existing housing, the current park and the potential of Park the Gagel as new city park for Utrecht. At the same time the team is exploring how urban density, the edges and the spacial interpretation around and of the park can be improved.