PROJECTS

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Client : Stichting de Stad
Site : Dordrecht, Netherlands (43 ha)
Programme : Landscape plan
Type : competition, first prize

The position of de Kop van ‘t Land between Dordrecht and the National Park de Biesbosch gives the area the character of a transition zone. It is a piece of cultivated nature which connects the city and the ‘real’ nature. We suggest to reinforce the role of de Kop van ‘t Land as a hinge between city and nature, creating a place where the qualities of the cultural landscape are reinstalled in a position equal to that of the canonised nature of the biesbosch. By placing a ring of content along the inside of the dikes surrounding the polder we are underlining the existing qualities and facilitating the access to the landscape. The ring is defined by a bicycle and pedestrian path below the dike at polder level. The central part of the polder will remain agriculture. At de Kop van ‘t Land we propose to place a new kind of museum - a combination of a cultural/natural history -, art -, and open air museum - as a new focal point and a point of departure to explore the area.