Dutch Water Design is an international consortium of 4 design firms that have pooled their know-how and expertise about the challenges and opportunities that designing in water environments brings.
The Netherlands have a long history of living with water. Large parts of the country are below sea level; major rivers flow through it. Water management issues have never been viewed separately from the environment we live in. Water has shaped the Netherlands spatially, and culturally. An integrated design approach has, on all scales, complemented the Dutch water engineers in making our environment safe, profitable, beautiful and resilient.
The immense growth of cities exposed to coastal flooding and the increased extremity of weather, have made water management an increasingly global issue. Trillions of assets are exposed, many livelihoods threatened. And yet, people enjoy water in their environment. The presence of water has many economic benefits.
The joint venture provides design services, often in teams with specialized engineering firms and knowledge institutes, on the following types of projects:
Using design in combination with water management issues helps make better city, increase value, demonstrate common interests and engage people. Design can reveal new possibilities and help shape joint narratives. Design makes beautiful. The firms in the joint-venture provide new thinking and new tools in fully integrating water with the environment and with the city: Posad Spatial Strategies provides the planning and design support for the multi-billion, long term Dutch Delta Program. One Architecture works for the Dutch and German governments on their long-term national planning. NL Architects have won the European Prize for Public Space Design for their use of water in the city. Lola landscape architects have won the EO Wijers competition and the Delta Water Award for their proposals for the southwestern Delta.
…how much fun water can bring into your public spaces
…how to develop a long-term, large scale water management strategy
…how to design dynamic water landscapes
…about integral planning of water and cities, and how to engage stakeholders
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