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De Wit, S.I. (author)The Dutch delta is a reclamation landscape. It has undergone several transformations since the Middle Ages to become an inhabitable, beautiful and unique cultural landscape. Many factors that determine the spatial quality of the future urban landscape are directly connected with the formal properties of the polder landscape of the Dutch lowlands...book 2009
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Van der Velde, J.R.T. (author), De Wit, S.I. (author)The appreciation of green infrastructures as ‘nature’ by urban communities presents a critical challenge for the green infrastructure concept. While many green infrastructures focus on functional considerations, their refinement as places where concepts of nature are represented and where nature can be experienced and understood, has received...book chapter 2015
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- De Wit, S.I. (author) book chapter 2014
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Bobbink, I. (author), De Wit, S.I. (author)The landscape speaks many different languages and we all hear a different one. To communicate our different perceptions and interpretations of the landscape it is necessary to translate those different languages into one of our own. That language could be an artistic language, a historical one or a formal one. At the Faculty of Architecture in...book chapter 2006
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De Wit, S.I. (author)What bearing can the expression of ‘place’ have on the ‘placeless geography’ of the suburban metropolis? Unravelling the design of the Wasserkrater garden, designed by Agence Ter between 1997 and 2000, points towards a possible reconnection between suburban metropolis and genius loci, the essence of the place.book chapter 2014
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De Wit, S.I. (author)While most people prefer visual, physical and conceptual open space where nature can be experienced, relating to the possibilities these spaces offer for psychological restoration. Since access to ‘restorative’ natural spaces decreases with growing urbanization, we need to create urban spaces that provide opportunities for restoration as part of...book chapter 2014
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Bobbink, I. (author), van Dorst, M.J. (author), de Wit, S.I. (author)Observeren is een van de meest basale methode van onderzoek; in de sociale wetenschappen, maar zeker ook binnen de ingenieurswetenschappen (techniek en ontwerp). Maar hoe doe je dat eigenlijk? Het eenvoudige antwoord; dit gaat vanzelf. Wij zijn de hele dag door aan het waarnemen met alle zintuigen. Onze hersenen krijgen per seconden 4,2 miljoen...book chapter 2021
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- de Wit, S.I. (author) book chapter 2020
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de Wit, S.I. (author)Embarking on a workshop with the aim of exploring the narrative potential of the myth and the site, I set out with the assumption that the myth of Troy would overrule everything in Çanakkale. However, it is not so straightforward to say anything conclusive about the impact of the myth of Troy on the city of Çanakkale, separated by 30 kilometres...book chapter 2022
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- de Wit, S.I. (author) book chapter 2023
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- de Wit, S.I. (author) book chapter 2023
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- de Wit, S.I. (author), Skjonsberg, Matthew (author) book chapter 2020
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- de Wit, S.I. (author) book chapter 2020
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- de Wit, S.I. (author) book chapter 2020
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de Wit, S.I. (author)The urban environment is perceived through multiple senses in parallel, which means that visual understanding of space is aided and complemented by auditory, basic-orienting, and haptic stimuli - although mainly unconsciously. Sensory conditions are inherent attributes of urban places, but are often overlooked in research. To include these...book chapter 2023
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de Wit, S.I. (author)In the era of globalization, also landscape architects and urban designers have learnt to think big–in large scales and far-reaching visions. Landscape is called upon as the model and the medium of urbanism, feeding into a grand narrative of saving the day when architecture as the ordering principle of the city has become obsolete or inadequate....conference paper 2016
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Luo, S. (author), de Wit, S.I. (author)Opening leftover spaces for the participation of local initiatives is prevalent in current urban design practice. While these cases reanimate the vacant land for diverse public appropriation, little attention is paid to the inherent qualities of each site. As terrain vague in the urban territory and as ‘intervals’ of urban transformation,...conference paper 2018
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de Wit, S.I. (author)In a globalised world under pressure of climate change, nature remains at the centre of societal concerns and the appreciation of nature by urban communities presents a critical challenge for the landscape architecture agenda. But nature is a dynamic concept, transforming in accordance with societal changes. We now live in what can be called the...conference paper 2018
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de Wit, S.I. (author)Designed form is not about creating a good appearance. Nor is it restricted to the small scale. The small scale, however, can be used as a valuable playground and laboratory for large scale landscape designs. Three case studies are compared in which similar compositional principles are used at different scales and complexities: the technical,...conference paper 2023
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Sapone, S.A.S. (author), Longo, Michela (author), de Wit, S.I. (author), Zaninelli, Dario (author)The technical landscape of railyard sites brings together a multidisciplinary set of expertise and needs. It entails the union of engineering and landscape design concerns, to redefine these spaces in the way they are maintained and potentially transformed. The paper gives an overview of this interplay, focusing on the Dutch panorama to...conference paper 2023