Biesbosch Central Station explores how nature can be combined with dense urban living. A new quality of life is being explored through the introduction of unexpected and spectacular experiences of nature for people and animals.

By approaching and designing the safety, building and environment in an integrated manner, the landscape absorbs the heavy safety measures. A soft and wavy dune landscape engulfs the building of Eurojust.

Nesteljas (‘nesting coat’) are house facades with an integrated capacity to accommodate birds.

World Forum is a public space designed by DS where all the puzzle pieces come together: the theme, the tranquillity, and the dune-like atmosphere.

A tunnel with an empty roof on top, practically in the middle of a residential area, how do you design that as a municipality? The answer was quickly found: a […]

The new borough named Achter ’t Holthuis stands on the sport fields east of the village of Twello. The new intervention knits together two existing estates into one big ensemble of forests, fields and lanes.

First landscape then architecture is the motto of the process. Park Brederode is a clear example of this design attitude.

Biodiversity: nature is our living environment, a long period of separation between nature and mankind finally comes to an end!

The apartment complex in the heart of Spaarndammerbuurt, with its nesting stones and promising gardens, is an ideal place for people, plants, and animals alike.

The municipality of Voorst needed to increase the knowlegde about the old landscape of Voorsterklei, a historically interesting area in which Rijkswaterstaat wanted to dig a riverarm for the program – room for the river. DS made the landscape analyses to empower them.

Amsterdam Vertical (Sloterdijk plots N1+N3) is the first nature-inclusive building complex in Sloterdijk. By coordinating measures in building morphology, architecture and planting choices and management, the building complex is a biotope for lots of urban flora and fauna.

In two workshops in spring 2024, organised by AORTA and the city, experts and stakeholders, led by studio master Maike van Stiphout, sketched on the past as inspiration for the future of polder Rijnenburg. Look at https://www.aorta.nu/erfgoed-rijnenburg/ontwerpen-met-erfgoed/ for more detailled information.

Meander Medical Centre has been opened at the start of 2014. The interplay between architecture and landscape has resulted in a close interweaving of the building, its surrounding terrain and the landscape of river Eem.

nextcity.nl celebrated her 10 years anniversary at the IABR. Time for a change. From now on we focus on publishing guides and more.

The valley of the Goorloop is a robust ecological, hydrological and recreational connector of landscape and city. The admosphere in the valley is largely defined by the scenic quality of its edges.

The landscape of the Eemklooster will be rewilded, to increase the biodiversity and the nature experience for the micro-city citizens. DS is responsible for the landscape design. The plan for the urban and landscape redevelopment  is made by Urban frameworks, in collaboration with DS landscape architects.

Off the Platform, onto the Paths! Stations in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam are becoming the starting points for a day out in nature. Objective “De Buitenpoort” is the name […]

As part of the Design Challenge ‘Our Energy Our Landscape’, the multidisciplinary team of VenhoevenCS, DS landscape architects and Studio Solarix developed a surprising proposal in which generating clean energy is ingeniously and beautifully combined with restoring connections in nature and reducing noise pollution.

HABITAT is the result of a joint effort by DS, VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism, IVAM (University of Amsterdam) and Wim Timmermans (lecturer Larenstein) as part of The Green Architecture Competition. HABITAT is […]