Co-Designing Mangrove and Livelihood Restoration in Quelimane

Photos of the participative workshop and Bairro Novo, 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…

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‘Lomans Holt’ wins tender in Spiegel, Bussum

View of the two urban villas

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…

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