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Building Nature Through Solar

The climate is changing rapidly as a result of fossil CO2 emissions and biodiversity in rural areas has declined at a furious pace due to intensive and monocultural land use involving the use of chemicals. Smartland views the energy transition as an opportunity to simultaneously restore nature, soil quality and landscape coherence. Based on this conviction, we developed the Building Nature Through Solar (BNTS) principle: biodiverse solar parks that not only generate sustainab

Landscape framework Oosterwold

Oosterwold is a unique development area for housing, food production, and self-organisation. The organic development has generated great diversity but also has downsides: limited accessibility, a lack of collective public space, and problematic water management. For the next phase (fields I, N, and O), clients BPD and Gebiedsteam Oosterwold desire a stronger collective structure. This zone presents additional challenges: nuisance from the highway, wind turbines, and land subs

Water and soil as the basis for development

Within the framework of the National Strategy and Intergovernmental Implementation Agenda 2024-2025 for Water and Soil Guiding, the CRa organized a number of regional sessions for complex areas facing many challenges. One of these study areas is the Wieringermeerpolder. This region was chosen due to the interesting and complex interplay of history and landscape development, significance for food supply, large-scale developments and demands from industry, energy and data. Smar

Landscape Garden Nijemirdum

When the Vink family moved to Gaasterland in Friesland, their property consisted mainly of ryegrass. There was little connection with the green surroundings, the old landscape elements had disappeared, and they experienced waterlogging due to the boulder clay layer sealing the soil like a watertight lid. Their ambition: to transform the meadows into a biodiverse landscape garden. Smartland created a landscape design that invites life back onto the site and allowed implementat

Roof Gardens Stationspark Heerhugowaard

Stationspark in Heerhugowaard is developing into a (nature)inclusive, future-proof neighborhood where housing, healthcare, social interaction and livability come together. Kennemer Wonen is realizing 171 social rental homes within the project. In addition, Stationspark also includes owner-occupied homes and care homes, allowing different groups to live together in one neighborhood. Smartland designed the public space and the rooftop gardens of the project, with the aim of act

Green-blue framework North Holland

North Holland faces the challenge of restoring the balance between nature, water and human use of its landscapes and making them future-proof. The province boasts rich and diverse landscapes, yet many green and blue structures have become fragmented and do not function sufficiently as a cohesive system. At the same time, challenges regarding biodiversity, climate adaptation, water quality, and livability are increasing. Driven by this urgency, Smartland conducted design-based

Tidal nature Polder Wassenaar

For the past six years, the Zilte Zones Foundation has been conducting research into saline crops and marine aquaculture, from sea...

Eco Campus TU Delft Zuid

The university campus of TU Delft is expanding southward, encroaching upon agricultural and natural lands. In consideration of ecological compensation, the city of Delft and the campus administration have wished to develop a vision in which the campus is as eco-friendly as possible. That's why Smartland created a vision as well as a toolbox of interventions and regulations to be applied on campus to promote the preservation or at least the compensation of ecological losses. B