‘The fall’, the elegy of the Weeping Beech

He has seen the lovebirds come and go, has witnessed the pavilion’s heyday
Read MoreHe has seen the lovebirds come and go, has witnessed the pavilion’s heyday
Read MoreThe history of a park told from the perspective of plants. Amstelpark, Amsterdam, 2018 – 2022
Read MoreSeascape integrated in a schoolyard with different functionalities
Read MoreAtrium exhibition. City hall The Hague, october 2017
Read MoreReconstruction #1. May 19, 2015
Read MoreReconstruction #2. May 31 – Augustus 23, 2015
Read MoreReconstruction #3. June 21, 2015
Read MoreReconstruction #4. July 20, 2015
Read MoreMarking post for fine sand
Read MoreThis field guide shows the research- and production process of the project ‘allemansgoed Terheijl’.
Read MoreReconstruction #5, Augustus 9, 2015
Read MoreAccessoires to unite the members of the secret bond.
Read MoreEach company contributed to the realisation of the Beings.
Read MoreVogellokding is avaible in three versions: barok, classical I and classical II.
Read MoreThe bee has an important function on De Maashorst; without pollination the desired biodiversity would be very hard to realise.
Read MoreWith its impressive height of nearly two metres, the wisent performs a key role as one of the big grazers shaping the landscape.
Read MoreOver centuries, sheep helped create and maintain the Arcadian heaths. Once a year, the public can watch them being shorn at a sheep shearing pen.
Read MoreThroughout the rest of the year, the pen is a playground where children can freely play and clamber about.
Read MoreThis publication shows the research process by archive material, sketches, photography and text.
Read MoreA walking route of 9.6 km along 25 points near the town of Zeeland in North Brabant.
Read MoreRevealing the relationship between the soil and the cultural appearance of the former country estate Terheijl. Terheijl, 2016 – 2020
Read MoreSensing nature from the perspective of bees, sheep and wisents. De Maashorst, 2015 – 2019
Read MoreReconstructing the Floriade 1972. Amstelpark Amsterdam, 2015
Read MoreAlternative design for ‘het Spuiplein’. The Hague, october 2017
Read MoreCollecting stories by collecting wood. De Vechtstreek, 2008 – 2009
Read MoreThe book is published as part of ‘Boerenverstand’. It reflects on the meaning and value of local identity, discusses the research method of Christiaansen and Montens, and gives an insight in the design process of the project.
Read MoreDuring the design process, Christiaansen and Montens did a lot of fieldwork, in search for the stories that would reveal the local identity of the area. The wooden planks proved to be real catalysts of individual stories.
Read MoreBoerenverstand was nominated as one of the three finalists of the Dutch Design Awards 2010.
Read MoreMeanwhile, Heklucht has been developed into a heavy-duty public bike pump.
Read More‘a new Dutch design icon that is so simple that it is incredible no one created it ever before’ (from the jury report)
Read MoreThis animation was spread to evoke people contributing texts about their favorite Dutch landscape.
Read MoreContemplating on the Dutch landscape. Hulshorsterzand, 2008 – 2010
Read MoreModular elements that grow into playful landscapes. The Hague, 2010 – now
Read MoreLunetten is situated enclosed in an enormous car- and train traffic junction on one side, bordered by the edge of historic Lunetten (detached fortress in the form of a bastion) on the other. It looks as if the urban developers of the area struggled with this splits of contrasts.
Read MoreStimulating social interaction in a newly build residential area. Ypenburg, 2005 – 2006
Read MoreBaking a cake with polyurethane. De Binckhorst, 2014 – 2016
Read MoreI can only enjoy nature through my window, Gustave Flaubert. Various locations, 2002 – now
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