Michael de Beer

Masterplanning / Urban design

Gnephoek

Gnephoek · Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

The model tests how neighbourhoods, landscape and water can form a coherent whole at the scale of an expanding city.

Large physical model of the Gnephoek masterplan
Gnephoek masterplan model · photograph supplied by Michael de Beer

The design question

How can new homes and public life be structured around a connected landscape and water system?

My contribution

I contributed to the Gnephoek masterplan work through design studies and spatial exploration, working between the drawn plan and the physical model.

The value

The model tests how neighbourhoods, landscape and water can form a coherent whole at the scale of an expanding city.

KuiperCompagnons project team. Photographs and sketch supplied by Michael de Beer; specific team credits can be expanded.

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