VEG #103 Groen erfgoed: de bomentaal van Nieuw-West

In the original design of the western garden cities, now Nieuw-West, trees play an important role. The trees here speak their own “language”: they're not just standing there. There is a certain rhythm, it is clearly part of a pattern. There is a framework of long lines - roads, canals and green areas - with residential fields within them. This design is different from that of urban expansions from the same time, such as Rotterdam or The Hague. The trees are part of the larger set of green areas that are organized at many different levels: parks, gardens, green areas, community gardens and private gardens. In particular, the intermediate scale, the park strip and the green area are characteristic of the garden city character.

‍

But how do we maintain this urban design quality when it is necessary to adapt to the new requirements of our time. Such as the great need for extra homes and the increasing importance of trees in the city due to climate change. What can we learn from the practice of urban renewal over the past twenty years? How do we safeguard knowledge of greenery and green structures? And what tools are we developing to responsibly adapt to new requirements?

‍

Speakers of this 103rd Van Eesteren Conversation include Wouter van der Wulp, member of the Amsterdam Monumental Trees Committee, Roy Bijhouwer (urban architect & former Nieuw-West supervisor) and Rene van der Velde (Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry TU Delft).

‍

Sign up via info@vaneesterenmuseum.nl