FLOOD CHANNEL VEESSEN-WAPENVELD
Realised for ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] and the water board Vallei en Veluwe this project capture the landscape intervention between Veessen and Wapenveld; the biggest project within the 'Room for the River', the Dutch national flood prevention program.
Designed by ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles] the Spiegelzee pavilion was built on the beach of Katwijk an Zee, NL. The visitors could experience the sea view at the level of different geological eras: from the ice age to future climate change scenarios and the rising sea.
If anything, freedom is what you feel when first confronted with the Dutch Flevo polders. Freedom and perhaps a sense of being lost in space. The low horizons, immense skies, and endless perspectives are that of a desert landscape – albeit with a human element.
