Patching Up The Lowlands: Towards sustainable metropolitan development and enhanced spatial qualities in the peri-urban interface of the Deltametropolis through biophilic and technophilic developments

The Netherlands is a place where the interplay between mankind and Nature1 resonates deeply within the roots of its omnipresent cultural landscape. Proactively shaping this landscape, which is widely considered as the most eminent aspect of place identity of the Lowlands, stands at the cradle of the by now long and rich tradition of planning...

FLOAT HOLLAND 2100: Role of maritime to build sustainable floating ecosystems

The Netherlands is inextricably linked to a network of water, polders, and dykes. Recent climatic and anthropogenic transitions pose several threats to destabilize this balance including the rise in sea level, extreme weather, and floods which could drastically change the landscape of South Holland as we know it by 2100. With this potentially...