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Combination of architecture and technical expertise
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Landscape plan
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Design with nature
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Landscape features as a basis
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Good process and procedural knowledge
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Healthy cities
Architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture
Architectural design and layout are in our DNA. The basis was laid by Willem Gerrit Witteveen, one of our founders, civil engineer, urban planner and government adviser. He was someone who looked beyond the boundaries of his own discipline and could balance and put his own interests in perspective. In infrastructure, he saw the basis, the foundation of his designs. His philosophy is applied by more than 30 designers (architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture) at Witteveen+Bos, working on ingenious projects with positive impact and their own identity.
Ingenious approach
Our ingenious approach involves a combination of creative ambition and practical, technical feasibility. A DNA which has persisted, and which characterises our architectural designers. We also always want to perform at top level, which challenges us to continue innovating and developing and maximises our contribution to projects. We do this with a motivated team, mostly consisting of young colleagues, whose approach is rooted in the present but geared to the future. They are familiar with new technology and are themselves the target group for whom sustainability is particularly urgent. They have high ambitions, as demonstrated by their input to prestigious competitions like the Kinderdijk entrance, contributions to iconic projects like the Floriade 2022 and EXPO Dubai 2020 (2021) and their contribution to providing a socially relevant role as in the board of the NVTL.
Design with positive impact
Our employees also have the ambition to achieve a positive impact and go further than mere compensation, sustainability or inclusion. Impact that extends beyond aesthetic or constructive quality and image. We always want a project or intervention to add more value than previously existed, based on the desire to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (UN Global Goals). We aim to achieve good, green and healthy design, which must also be attractive. In recent years, we have done this successfully in the Floriade Almere, for example.
Own identity
The designs that we work on have a unique identity. Whilst respecting what already exists, we look to strengthen the present qualities. As Witteveen describes it: 'combining modern and historic'. We think in terms of the system, whether it is (urban) landscape or a building. We make connections between disciplines and consider areas or buildings as part of the greater whole. Revealing this spatial, social and technical relationship characterises our projects, as well as the motivation of our employees. Examples include the Waterfabriek in Wilp, Kinderdijk entrance and Stenendijk Hasselt.
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Our projects
IJsselmeer 2050 Area Agenda
IJsselmeer | The Netherlands
Dyke reinforcement Wolferen Sprok
Dyke reinforcement Stenendijk
Stappegoor bicycle underpass
Tilburg | The Netherlands
Kinderdijk water entry
Kinderdijk | The Netherlands
Beatrix Locks landscape plan
Nieuwegein | The Netherlands
Wadi design plan in Gieten
Making Croeselaan a sustainability icon
Utrecht | The Netherlands
Competition The Kippencoupé
Green structure plan for Stichtse Vecht
Stichtse Vecht | The Netherlands
3D concrete printed bridges in North Holland
North Holland | The Netherlands
Dyke reinforcements in Northern Meuse Valley: a new layer in the landscape
Limburg | The Netherlands
Oosterweel Link landscape plan
Antwerp | Belgium
Area Vision for De Dorschkamp, Wageningen
Wageningen | The Netherlands
Participation in the Dorschkamp area vision
Meandering Meuse: strengthening the dike and more room for the Meuse
Wieringerhoek Study: resilient ecosystem between the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea
Landscape plan Innova58
Brabant | the Netherlands
Floriade 2022 - Growing Green Cities
The Characteristics of Nieuwland
Beilen water production plant
Aventus, the flywheel for a green city campus
Strengthening dikes in the Northern Meuse Valley
Northen Meuse Valley | The Netherlands
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Martijn Franssen


