Marker Wadden: Nature, Building, Designing documents the complete design story of a man-made archipelago in the Netherlands — a project in which landscape architecture, urban design, and ecology were conceived as a single, indivisible act.
About This Book
The Marker Wadden are an extraordinary proposition: a group of uninhabited islands constructed from scratch in the Markermeer lake, engineered primarily as bird habitat through a landscape of marshes and shallow waters. Only the main island admits visitors, preserving the ecological intent of the whole. This book traces the design thinking behind every layer of the project — from the landscape architecture that shaped the terrain itself to the built settlement and its architecture. For practitioners and students working at the intersection of landscape design, ecological urbanism, and environmental architecture, it is a rare case study in designing nature with precision and restraint.
Key Features
- 200 pages documenting landscape, urban design, and architectural decision-making across the Marker Wadden project
- Published by nai010
What You'll Discover
- How a man-made island group was designed to function primarily as bird habitat, with public access deliberately restricted to protect ecological integrity
- The relationship between engineered landscape — marshes, shallow waters, constructed landform — and the architectural decisions made for the settlement on the main island
- The design process behind what is described as the newest piece of the Netherlands, and how landscape, urban design, and architecture were coordinated as an integrated whole
- The tensions and decisions involved in making infrastructure and human settlement coexist within a nature-first design brief
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 200
- Dimensions: 240 x 320 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789462087729
- Publisher: nai010
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Landscape architects, urban designers, and environmental architects interested in constructed ecologies, habitat design, and the integration of nature and settlement in contemporary Dutch practice.