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Co-Designing Mangrove and Livelihood Restoration in Quelimane
From February 25-27, VE-R facilitated a participatory design workshop in Quelimane focused on mangrove restoration and livelihoods. Bairro Novo faces growing challenges—floods, lack of economic opportunities, and environmental degradation. Community members from Bairro Novo, students from Eduardo Mondlane University, and key stakeholders, including the Quelimane municipality, collaborated to create a (flood) resilient future. Participants mapped…
Bloemendaalseweg, Public Presentation of three potential design directions
At February 11th VE-R presented the outcome of a participatory design process with stakeholders group from the Bloemendaalseweg area leading up to three potential models for renewal of the full street profile of this main street in the village of Bloemendaal. Under the title Nieuw Authentiek Bloemendaal (New Authentic Bloemendaal) these three different visions were…
‘Lomans Holt’ wins tender in Spiegel, Bussum
Together with Heren 5 architects, G&O, Hamlet Design+Build Technology, Merosch and Slokker Bouwgroep, Amsterdam branch, we won the tender for Slochterenlaan Noord in Bussum. We chose the name ‘Lomans Holt’ for the development of this location; a tribute to P.J. Loman, one of the founders of Het Spiegel. ‘Holt’ is old Dutch for ‘a grove…
Project Grachtbrug in Lisse proceeds!
On the 29th of May, VE-R assisted the municipality of Lisse in organizing an information market for the vision development on the Grachtbrug, a viaduct in the centre of town. For this purpose, we designed a series of panels summarizing the results of the previous studies and the outcomes of the series of participant’s group…
ZAMVISÃO vision for Zambeziá, Mozambique
This week VE-R has participated in the Dutch Disaster Risk Reduction and Surge Support (DRRS) Team’s initiative in Mozambique. A transformative 3-day co-design workshop was organized in Quelimane, focused on shaping a shared and integrated vision for flood risk management in Zambeziá province. With active engagement from diverse stakeholders spanning local, provincial, and national levels,…
“A New Peace of Münster” documentary now on screen abroad
After the exhibition “Plan D” at the University of Münster and a series of workshops organized by Simon Richter and Patrick Nederkoorn, a documentary directed by Maria Kolossa has now aired internationally; it is following these initiatives and showcasing large-scale concepts and ideas developed by landscape architects and climate experts on their cross-border visions of…