Revive the river, China Baiyangdian is the largest freshwater wetland in North China, with an area of more than 300 square kilometers at its largest. Historically, a combination of nature and man-made influence has formed a group of 146 large and small lakes connected by more than 3,700 ditches and rivers. This wetland carries [...]
Future Lishui city international urban design competition This international design competition is hosted by Lishui Municipal government, which aims to create a future sustainable Shanshui (landscape) city, to depict scenes of dwellings in Lishui Mountains. The project is located on both riverbanks of Ou River in Municipality Lishui, Zhejiang province. Our design wants to [...]
Park Bataafse Kamp, Hengelo By winning a competition, our team got the project to transform the former school building into a residential building and to create a new design for the park ‘Bataafse Kamp’. Our plan is based on luxurious urban living, in beautiful green surroundings. An integrated design for building and park. The [...]
Expo 2021 Doha, Qatar On behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, our office made the concept design for ‘The Netherlands Garden’ in the International Horticultural Exhibition EXPO 2021 Doha Qatar. The general theme of this Expo is ‘Green Desert, Better Environment’. Our design shows how you can catch and store water [...]
Huangfa Nursery, Beijing The existing Huangfa tree nursery in Beijing has been commissioned to increase the range of colorful plants, and to introduce internationally advanced cultivation technologies to the public. Niek Roozen Landscape and Van den Berk Nursery were invited to make the Huangfa more efficient by implementing advanced cultivation techniques. The design of [...]
Townhall Zuideramstel, Amsterdam The roofgarden of the City hall ‘Zuideramstel’ has a white theme that fits with the surrounding white walls. White paving near a central seating feature, white gravel as base and especially planting with white highlights create a serene garden. A work of art by Marte Röling, a large golden pigeon, has [...]
ROC Laan van Spartaan, Amsterdam The ‘ROC’ of Amsterdam is a practical education institute with the theme ‘Stage for talent’. For the outdoor space there was also a need for an actual stage and a space for events. A grid of birches is integrated in a large stage and in several seating elements. The [...]
Rhoneweg, Amsterdam The area between the train station Amsterdam Sloterdijk and the future Aviodome Amsterdam, alongside the Rhoneweg, is wasteland. The municipality of Amsterdam has given Boudewijn Grootendorst and Jamie Konings, two driven young entrepreneurs, the opportunity to convert this wasteland into a festival terrain. Niek Roozen landscape architects was commissioned to explore the [...]
Science Park, Amsterdam For the roof garden of an apartment building we made a special design. The trees for the roof garden are planted in the soil at ground level, to create the optimal growing conditions. By pruning the trunk of the trees, it looks as if they are growing in the roof garden. [...]
Floriade Almere 2022 – Growing Green Cities Niek Roozen is involved in the developments of the design for the Floriade 2022 in Almere. The Green City concept is central in the master plan, designed by Winy Maas (MVRDV). Niek Roozen has been asked to take up the role as advisor to the Floriade BV [...]