‘The fall’, the elegy of the Weeping Beech
He has seen the lovebirds come and go, has witnessed the pavilion’s heyday
Read MoreAll posts by Cathelijne
Floriade Whisperings
The history of a park told from the perspective of plants. Amstelpark, Amsterdam, 2018 – 2022
Read MoreSeascape De Opperd
Seascape integrated in a schoolyard with different functionalities
Read MorePlay your city
Atrium exhibition. City hall The Hague, october 2017
Read MoreHexagonal flowerbeds
Reconstruction #1. May 19, 2015
Read MoreThe early years of the VU Hortus
Reconstruction #2. May 31 – Augustus 23, 2015
Read MoreBaptism of a lily
Reconstruction #3. June 21, 2015
Read MoreRosarium tuning
Reconstruction #4. July 20, 2015
Read MoreArgil
Rough sand
Fine sand
Marking post for fine sand
Read MoreGlacial erratic
Field guide aT
This field guide shows the research- and production process of the project ‘allemansgoed Terheijl’.
Read MoreFinding the French pavilion
Reconstruction #5, Augustus 9, 2015
Read MoreLoge des créatures du Binckhorst
Accessoires to unite the members of the secret bond.
Read MoreCollaboration between companies
Each company contributed to the realisation of the Beings.
Read MoreVogellokding
Vogellokding is avaible in three versions: barok, classical I and classical II.
Read MoreArboretum of melliferous trees
The bee has an important function on De Maashorst; without pollination the desired biodiversity would be very hard to realise.
Read MoreWisent mask
With its impressive height of nearly two metres, the wisent performs a key role as one of the big grazers shaping the landscape.
Read MoreSheep shearing event at the Schaap-scheer-speel-kraal
Over 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 MoreSchaap-scheer-speel-kraal as a playground
Throughout the rest of the year, the pen is a playground where children can freely play and clamber about.
Read MorePublication paden banen
This publication shows the research process by archive material, sketches, photography and text.
Read MoreNAR hiking trail
A walking route of 9.6 km along 25 points near the town of Zeeland in North Brabant.
Read Moreallemansgoed Terheijl
Revealing the relationship between the soil and the cultural appearance of the former country estate Terheijl. Terheijl, 2016 – 2020
Read MorePaden banen
Sensing nature from the perspective of bees, sheep and wisents. De Maashorst, 2015 – 2019
Read MoreFloriade trash and treasures 1972-2022
Reconstructing the Floriade 1972. Amstelpark Amsterdam, 2015
Read MoreModelmaking workshop, redesigning het Spuiplein
Alternative design for ‘het Spuiplein’. The Hague, october 2017
Read MoreBoerenverstand
Collecting stories by collecting wood. De Vechtstreek, 2008 – 2009
Read MoreBook of planks
The 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 MoreWood stories poster
During 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 nominated for the Dutch Design Awards
Boerenverstand was nominated as one of the three finalists of the Dutch Design Awards 2010.
Read MoreHeklucht
Meanwhile, Heklucht has been developed into a heavy-duty public bike pump.
Read MoreHeklucht winner Dutch Design Awards 2006
‘a new Dutch design icon that is so simple that it is incredible no one created it ever before’ (from the jury report)
Read MoreAnimation
This animation was spread to evoke people contributing texts about their favorite Dutch landscape.
Read MoreMonument de souvenir
Contemplating on the Dutch landscape. Hulshorsterzand, 2008 – 2010
Read MoreSeascape
Modular elements that grow into playful landscapes. The Hague, 2010 – now
Read MoreA mountain for Lunetten
Lunetten 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 MoreHeklucht, type Ypenburg
Stimulating social interaction in a newly build residential area. Ypenburg, 2005 – 2006
Read MoreBinckhorst Beings
Baking a cake with polyurethane. De Binckhorst, 2014 – 2016
Read MoreVogellokding
I can only enjoy nature through my window, Gustave Flaubert. Various locations, 2002 – now
Read More