Adjusting the planning of the Netherlands for the consequences of climate change has a profound impact on the landscape. We take advantage of these transformations to strengthen the existing quality of a landscape and to add new ones to it. We turn the challenges into success by tackling them with partners on a regional level and in combination with other challenges. In this way the sum total becomes more than the separate parts. We discuss with those involved to arrive at acceptable design options with a positive prospect for the landscape and its users.
Green Groningen
Groningen is getting down to making the province green as a strategy to contribute to climate adaptation, biodiversity, more movement and social interaction. Strootman Landschapsarchitecten have drawn up a plan with a strong focus on improving the ecological qualities and boosting greenery in districts where growing healthier as one grows older lags behind the rest of the city.
Climate adaptation for the Wadden Sea coast in the 21st century
The Programme for a Rich Wadden Sea (PRW) invited Strootman Landschapsarchitecten to draw up an adaptation strategy: a strategy for climate adaptation on the Wadden coast that sets priorities, inspires and looks forward towards an attractive, integral, climate-resistant future in the 21st century.
Selwerd – the Green Stamp
The Groningen local authority invited us to take part in the Climate Adaptation Design Manifesto and to conduct design research on a location in the city. We chose the postwar and apparently green stamp district of Selwerd. Our report offers inspiring, innovative examples that are also interesting for other local authorities with postwar districts elsewhere in the country. We drew up three perspectives for the Selwerd district, each with its own programme to tackle the climate challenge.