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How can effective (agricultural) land use and the need for adequate water retention be combined? This was the central question in the design “Land and Water” in the Tweemans polder. The objective was to not to change the original 17th century polder structure, so therefore only two small canals in the middle of the polder have been widened for a year round water retention zone. This new water storage also functions as a wetland bio- (helofyt) filter and as a ‘ecological corridor’.
FACTS
Location: Moerkappelle, Netherlands
Year: 2009
Type: Landscape architecture, water management
Program: water retention, leisure, bike routes, ecology
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How can effective (agricultural) land use and the need for adequate water retention be combined? This was the central question in the design “Land and Water” in the Tweemans polder. The objective was to not to change the original 17th century polder structure, so therefore only two small canals in the middle of the polder have been widened for a year round water retention zone. This new water storage also functions as a wetland bio- (helofyt) filter and as a ‘ecological corridor’.
In longer periods of extreme rainfall parts of the polder can serve as an emergency storage. A system of dykes, locks and pumping stations regulates the inflow of the water in order to minimize the impact on agricultural land. In this way the capacity can be increased from 260,000 to a maximum of 1,650,000 m3 of water. In this design for the Tweemans polder a more subtle unity between work, nature, water storage and leisure is found.
CREDITS
Tutors: Daniel Jauslin, Denise Piccinini
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