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: The main principle is that the parking is invisible when there are no cars at the parking. A carpark with a militairy order. It is inspired by the militairy landscape of the Dutch Waterline.
: We wanted to design a carpark that would be specific for it's location in the Dutch Waterline. A carpark designed with the Cradle to Cradle principles for 250 cars, two busses and 100 bikes.
: The design is used as a parking for the new national Waterline Museum at fort Vechten, that will be opened in 2014. Our office specialises in designs that are charactaristic for the specific place in the landscape.
: 6 month from sketch to definite design
: It was a commissioned design for the Province of Utrecht.
: We wanted to show that a carpark can be designed as a nice and characteristic area. Show that it can be a kind of park where people feel at home.
: The designs of the post war landscapes influenced us. For example the concrete anti-tank elements you see in many countries is Europe.
: The visitors of the National Waterline Museum and castellum Fectio
: Cradle to cradle, the focus on aspects of the Dutch waterline and archeological monument directly under the surface. The concrete path has almost no cement, the elements refer to the Dutch waterline and the whole design is made on top of the ground so the archeological site is not disturbed.
: Invisibility is a major characteristic of the military landscape of the dutch waterline; It is a camouflage landscape. Agricultural land with cows can be turned into waterplains against enemies and fortresses are hidden in small woodland. That was our inspiration for the design.
: microstation, adobe illustration and photoshop
: The fact that it is a carpark that just looks like a meadow with concrete anti tank elements and storknests
: We had a designteam with landscape architects, a artist and people specialised in concrete.
: The technoligy trasnformed the C2C thougts into reality. The concrete grass-gritstones are made of 50% re-used concrete, The fundament is 100% re-used pebles, the concrete path is made of ViaVerde. It is a kind of concrete without cement and made of re-used materials.
: We researched the characteristics of the Waterline post war landschap. We also researched what we could and could not do on top of the archeological site.
: the military order seems very logical en easy to build, but is was very complicated with the several materials. The whole parking is based on the measurements of the grass-gritstone. It is translated to the measurements of the parkingplaces and lanes between.
: I saw the competition on linkedin. Many magazines in the Netherlands have already written about this special design. I wanted to know if this unique design was also recogniced in the rest of Europe.
: I learned to design with the concept of cradle to cradle whitch is very important for the future of our planet.
: Come to Holland tot see the dutch waterline landscape and museum at fort Vechten and to see this unique entrance for yourself!
