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Finalist Dutch Design Awards 2008
Arie Kepplerprijs 2009
Yearboek Lands-chaps architecture and urban design 2010
Nomination Best Private Plots 2010
- Project:
- landscape and urban master plan, supervision architecture, outdoor design, design pond
- Location:
- Heemstede
- Transformation of the estate
In 2002 a plan was
made to transform the Hageveld Estate, a former seminary of the Catholic
Church, into private housing. At the same time, the high school
situated in the rear of thebuilding needed space for expanding the
schools sporting activities. Our
intervention consists of a master plan
for the urban design and landscape plan for the estate, the design and
detailing of the pond and grounds as well as the supervision of the
architectural design.
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Landscape-park
The green and water structures
have been restored and improved to enhance the green character of the
estate. The grass stretches out directly to the facades wherever
possible. The school's playground is accentuated with a one meter high
grass bank. The public footpaths and trails through the trees have been
restored and extended to connect with the surrounding meadows.
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A new
bicycle path connects to the existing cycle routes. Objectives for this
transformation were repairing the coherence between building, grounds
and pastures, maintaining the public accessibility of the estate,
creating a representative front and a campus like back for the estate
and adapting the infrastructural logistics to the suit the new users.
New Apartments in the front-house
A large pond was
designed on top of an underground car park, giving the building a
special representative front. The pond has a surface of 730 m2 surface
and is 60 cm deep with an edge of Cor Ten steel. The entrance slope slits
through the water. The drainage system is situated under the small
white pebbles around the steel rim.
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Panels with colored glass works of
art, fitted in the bottom of the pond, ensure daylight entry in the
underground car park. Additionally, fountains generate a special effect
to the water surface from time to time, producing little bubbles just
above water level.
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