Water Inclusive Guidelines Curaçao. ©LILA Living Landscapes
Fashion Village Bandung I Sustainable transformation of textile producing Industrial Kampung
Land InZicht / Land InSight | An architectural exploration of the Dutch cultural landscape
Historical Green and Waterstructures of Middelharnis and Sommelsdijk | Pleasure Garden of Middelharnis
Fashion Village Production Garden
Fashion Village Bandung I Fieldwork at community driven waterplant
Land InZicht / Land InSight | An architectural exploration of the Dutch cultural landscape
Heritage and Nature Based Water Sensitive Planning Approach for Curaçao
European Interregional project Functional Green | Cross border knowledge sharing on green urban transformation
THIRSTY CITIES | View of the Brouwerskolk, a waterbody that provided water for the brewers of the city of Haarlem, the area is today part of a nature reserve
Fashion Village Bandung I Farmer on rice paddy in the Industrial Kampung of Bandung
Lijnen in het Landschap | Lines in the Landscape | View over the slikken of Grevelingen lake
Thirsty Cities | Fieldwork Subak System Bali
Heritage and Nature Based Water Sensitive Planning Approach for Curaçao

LILA Living Landscapes works on research, design and strategies for green healthy cities and landscapes. LILA has a special focus and expertise in co-creative green healthy city development, (re-)creating value for sensitive cultural and heritage landscapes, water heritage systems and ecology. Nature and heritage inspired solutions can help our society adapt climate change and mitigate its impact.

As a landscape researcher and designer I work on research, strategies and design for healthy cities and landscapes with a special focus on (historical) water systems

More about me

Room for the Rooi: 3 lessons from the past for future water sensitive planning on Curaçao

Caribbean small island states like Curaçao with a semi-arid climate and limited fresh water resources are extremely vulnerable to the effects of the climate crises. Time to share the 3 most important lessons from to past that may help to adapt to and mitigate the consequences of the climate crisis.

Thirsty Cities | Project funding for case study Curaçao

The research proposal Thirsty Cities - Curaçao received funding from the Creative Industry Fund NL. Because of the historical connection with the (former) Netherlands Antilles and its fresh water challenges as small island states at the forefront of climate change this design study focuses on the integration of nature- and heritage-based designs solution in spatial developments for a resilient future on the island state of Curaçao.

Circular Water Stories

The research project Circular Water Stories explores what we can learn from historical water systems in terms of the interaction and engagement between people & water, when building resilient and valuable waterscapes for the future. The project is funded by NWO / KIEM.

Vision and Method

I believe valuable knowledge to create healthy cities and landscapes can be found in our past. If we are able to combine this with todays knowledge it will help us to develop healthy and resilient cities and landscapes for the future

Projects

A selection of research and design projects

Publications

With a focus on waterscapes, heritage landscapes and healthy cities

Thirsty Cities

Cities are running out of water. What can we learn from freshwater management systems from the past to secure our water demand for the future?

Green Healthy Cities

Cities worldwide are growing at an unprecedented rate. How can green and water structures improve the liveability in cities? Read about my projects

Heritage landscapes

Cultural landscapes represent the interaction between people and their environment. Read more about analyses and strategies for these landscapes

Waterscapes

Existing waterscapes are often taken for granted and misused. Waterscapes should be valued and carefully integrated into spatial developments.

Ecology & Economy

There used to be a direct link between the ecology and the economy. Read more about the (lost) relationship between industries, crafts and landscapes

UN research projects global water demand can outpace supply by 30% in 2030

California only reuses 7% of it’s waste water

China houses 20% of the world population and only 6% of the worlds water supply.

Andalusie Spain abstracts 64% more groundwater each year than is replenished

Singapore reuses 30% of it's waste water