By Hans Oerlemans (editor); Urban Design Forum WA; 2018; Perth; ISBN 978-0-646-98785-9
Click: Book – Drawing the Line
By Hans Oerlemans (editor); Urban Design Forum WA; 2016; Perth; ISBN 978-0-646-95647-3
Click: Book – Suburb to City
The issue
The National Government has defined the core qualities for the national landscapes. They are striking, but not practical. They need to be made useful for daily practice in planning and design.
Our statement
The essence of making the core qualities practical is to analyse sharply what you see, force to grab it in one image, and explain why it looks that way.
Our solution
By forcing ourselves to grab the landscape in one image only, we get to the essence of its appearance. The image is explained in 5 icons and nuanced with sub- areas. Four characteristic story-lines explain the landscapes appearance and values. The ambitions for improving the key qualities are determined. And we create design principles to assist new developments so they can strengthen the core qualities. This all is done in close cooperation with the people of the Province. The result becomes really their guide.
Data
| Client: | Province of Utrecht |
| Location: | Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Area: | 1449 km2 |
| Year: | 2009-2010 |
| Status: | Ratified and published |
| Partners: | OKRA landscape architects |
More information? Click:
Quality Guides_Project Documentation
Quality Guides_Project Booklet
or the pdf-icon at the bottom of this page.
Recreation-economical scenario for the development of the 80 km historic important New Dutch Waterline (nominee UNESCO world heritage list).
Data
| Client: | National Government – Project office NHW |
| Location: | The Netherlands |
| Area: | 273 km2 |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Status: | Ratified and published |
| Partners: | OKRA landscape architects |
More information? Click:
New Dutch Waterline_Project Documentation
or the pdf-icon at the bottom of this page.
New urban concept for high density housing in forests, developed for the National government. Application and differentiation of the forest living concept on an existing forest in connection to a new residential district.
Data
| Client: | National Government / City of Almere |
| Location: | Breda / Almere, The Netherlands |
| Area: | 58 ha. (study) / 90 ha. (pilot) |
| Year: | 1999-2002 |
| Status: | Ratified and published |
| Partners: | OKRA landscape architects, Milanovic Urban Design |
More information? Click:
New Forest Living_Project Documentation
or the pdf-icon at the bottom of this page.