Scaling Down: Introducing an Inner-Boezem Landscape in the Polder-Boezem System of the Dutch Lowlands

The Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft lies in the low-lying part of the Netherlands; we research and teach water management and its spatial and social impact.<br/><br/>For decades, the land was successfully drained and reclaimed, resulting in a comfortable life below sea level. However, due to various causes, this way of managing the delta is...

Building with landscape: On-site experimental installations informing BwN methodology

The multi-dimensionality of BwN calls for the incorporation of ‘designerly ways of knowing and doing’ from other fields involved in this new trans-disciplinary approach. The transition out of a focus on rational design paradigms towards reflective design paradigms such as those employed in the spatial design disciplines may be a first step in...

Renewed boezem: (re)vitalizing the boezem-system in the Randstad as the multifunctional backbone of the landscape

Poster presentation. The authors will argue that the boezem-system, the main water drainage system of the Dutch polder landscape has lost its prominent spatial role and its explicit form. The depravation of function has led to a disconnection between the boezem-system, the polder landscape and the urbanization. The necessary alteration of the...