European Landscape Architecture: Best Practice in Detailing

The Netherlands Case study The Portland Neighbourhood Park, Albrandswaard Project data Project name: Wijkpark Portland Location: ...

Project history There has been a structural housing shortage in the Netherlands ever since the Second World War. To meet the dem ...

The Netherlands hectare, usually comprising 4,000 to 5,000 housing units overall. The Portland VINEX estate is being constructed ...

6.12a The discovery of three landscapes: the city, the harbour and the country 6.12b Two spaces 6.12c Elements in the environmen ...

The Netherlands 6.13a Art on top of the hill 6.13b Measures in the neighbourhood 6.13c Detail of the entry to the hill (plan) 6. ...

A' A trapveld dierenweide speelplek 0 - 5 jaar onderkomenjongeren tijdelijkwinkelcentrum kunsttoepassing kunsttoepassingvijver z ...

The Netherlands Because the hill has been positioned in the middle of this relatively small park, there is no point from which t ...

farm is laid out upon an oval, its periphery marked by a 2m-wide kerb of black paving blocks, in the middle of which there is a ...

The Netherlands Playground for small children A playground for small children is situated in the northern part of the park, an a ...

6.19b Detail plan of seating arrangement 6.19c Detail of the pergola 6.19d Plan showing pergola and seating arrangement The Port ...

The Netherlands Goalposts and goals for the playing field were designed to harmonise with the design of the rest of the park. Th ...

6.21a Design sketch: at the border of the pond 6.21b Design sketch: sun panels in the pond 6.21c Design sketch: sun panels as ar ...

The Netherlands The western side of the park is marked by a line of trees (Alnus cordata) that continues into the residential ar ...

much stronger in form than a group of trees would have been. The surrounding light-coloured gravel provides a neutral background ...

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Landscape architecture in Spain It is difficult to summarise the landscape design tradition in Spain, although everyone might ag ...

Spain in Spain. There have been a number of interesting initiatives, carried out mostly by the University, that have sunk in the ...

Jardí Botànic de Barcelona Case study Jardí Botànic de Barcelona (JBB) Project data Project name: Jardí Botànic de Barcelona Loc ...

Spain The spatial strategy used to structure the garden collections is a triangulation grid, inspired by surveying techniques. T ...

Jardí Botànic de Barcelona Project history JBB is located on the northern slopes of the hill of Montjuïc, next to the Olympic St ...