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01: Foreword. Heer- hugo- waard- South: Luna Park.
01: Foreword. Bureau Alle Hosper.
Heer- hugo- waard- South: Luna Park.
00: Foreword.
Thousands of houses have been and are still being built in The details of this plan have been focused not only on the
the HAL (Heerhugowaard, Alkmaar and Langedijk) area. spatial quality but in particular the environmental quality.
The vision is to offer opportunities for housing, employment Sustainability in the broadest possible sense: sustainable
and recreation within HAL's own borders. The basic idea building, energy supply, water management, mobility and
of this vision is to limit the number of traffic movements to development of the ecological structure. Sustainability but
and from the HAL and to reduce the traffic movements to also the completeness are two important mainstays, as is
the south of the province. apparent in both the design details and in the realization,
as this book shows.
The concrete details of the building plans have been de-
signed around three colourful "strips"; the blue, green and Thanks to the concerted efforts of the provincial authorities,
red strips. The blue strip stands for the water element in the the recreation board, the polder board, private parties and
HAL landscape. The green symbolises the green and open of course our municipal council, this new recreation area is
character. The red is for the business activity and housing. of great importance for both people and nature.
Luna Park is a part of the green strip that runs from north- Don't miss this opportunity in Heerhugowaard: a park, a
west to south-east and is formed by the Geestmerambacht beach, sports and events in a challenging environment !
recreational area, the green agricultural area between
Langedijk and Alkmaar, the pastureland between Alkmaar On behalf of Heerhugowaard Mayor &
and Heerhugowaard and this new "Luna Park" recreation Municipal Executive,
area located around the "City of the Sun" in Heerhugo-
waard. Members of the Executive R.J. Piet and J.W. de Boer
Contents. 00: Foreword. 05 01: Heerhugowaard-South: a flowing urban landscape park. 10 02: Quality through teamwork. 17 03: Plan sector 4 under construction. 39 04: Follow-up by Berrie van Elderen. 45 Colophon. 49
The southern part of the Heerhugowaard polder in 1895, with a piece of old diked land to the west at Boterhuizen: Druipland. The Middenweg road heads straight through the polder towards Alkmaar, with a linear development of farmers and pioneers. (source: Uitgeverij Nieuwland).
The polder town of Heerhugowaard in 2000, to the south of Zuidwijk between the N242 provincial road, the Ringvaart and the
Jan Blijnisweg, is the Heerhugowaard-South planning area. (source: Topografische Dienst Emmen).
01: Heerhugowaard-South: a flowing urban landscape park. What began in 1992 as a shared ambition of the mu- The lake is isolated from the surrounding polder water nicipalities of Heerhugowaard, Alkmaar and Langedijk and is fed with rainwater and some degree of seepage and an artistic panorama by urban developer Ashok water. The circulation and natural purification in the flow Bhalotra, has grown into an urban expansion with an labyrinth make the water very clean, and suitable for attractive and varied mix of housing, recreation, water swimming. In times of extreme drought, water can be let and nature, thanks to the dedication and efforts of many in from the Ringvaart canal. This is first purified in the parties. It is a showcase of sustainable regional develop- dephosphatizing pond which is part of the flow labyrinth. ment and a symbol for the upgrading of the polder town The lake and the labyrinth were excavated in 2003. The of Heerhugowaard. excavated ground was used to construct the dikes along The City of the Sun (plan sector 2) forms the new centre the N242 and the hills in the Luna Park. The design of with many facilities (schools, shops, community centre, the landscape park, which has changed considerably library). The name refers to the use of the sun as an inex- over the years, is geared to the various spheres of influ- haustible source of clean energy. The houses are environ- ence and needs. ment friendly and economic in their energy use, electricity is generated by solar panels and three large wind turbines The Park of Luna has three sub-areas, each with its own (yet to be installed). character. The general layout was the brainchild of Bu- The square City of the Sun sector is surrounded by open reau Alle Hosper. The Luna Beach has a linear structure water, that offers many panoramas and recreational op- designed for intensive recreational use. The wide dike tions. offers parking spaces on top, a sunbathing area and 10
the Waerdse Tempel pop podium / beach club (designed The design of the Flow Labyrinth and Huygendijkbos by Architectenbureau Schulze & Van Dijk) on the slopes woods is a co-production of DRFTWD Office and Bureau and a beach, sanitary facilities (designed by Superflex) Alle Hosper, assisted by many experts and artists. The and a daytime campsite on the waterside. A circulation water system was developed by Nelen & Schuurmans, the pumping station pumps the water from the recreation lake ecology by IWACO. underneath the Middenweg to the flow labyrinth, a varied area featuring meandering watercourses, pools, islands Together with plan sectors 3 and 4, The Luna Park is a hy- and hills with an open plantation of coniferous trees. brid landscape of merging and gradually evolving areas, The landscape flows through to Huygendijkbos woods, connected to each other by a dense network for cyclists, where birch trees grow among the conifers. To the east walkers, skaters and canoers. The artworks, structural of the Oosttangent road, the scenery gradually evolves works and street furniture articulate and intensify the per- into shrubland and tree meadows with various types of ception of the 'outdoor rooms' and the many views which deciduous trees. The area is rich in (ecological) gradients have been created. Visitors are invited to discover and to and passages. The eastern part of Huygendijkbos woods claim the area in all its diversity. will accommodate the Sport lagoon (designed by Sander Douwma Architecten), a fairground site and a number of amphibian pools. Heerhugowaard-South: a flowing urban landscape park 11
On the left is the original sketch for the Heerhugowaard-South VINEX location, made in 1993 by Ashok Bhalotra of Kuiper Com- pagnons. Google Earth shows what it has become, on the right. The City of the Sun is in the centre with the recreational water all around and the Luna Park along the N242 and Ringvaart canal. 12
A transitional step in the translation from the simple character of the recreational area in the master plan (principles for design, Bureau Alle Hosper, 1998) to a recreational area of a varied character in keeping with the location and the context. Heerhugowaard-South: a flowing urban landscape park 13
Construction of a water crossroads between City of the Sun recreational water and the Heerhugowaard polder water. The water system for Heerhugowaard- South was devised by Nelen & Schuurmans. The bridge in the Middenweg is a design by Bureau Alle Hosper. 14
The Willem van de Grafterf on the Middenweg. This historic New housing development at the southern tip of the square linear development has been integrated in the City of the Sun. City of the Sun sector (plan sector 2). View over the recreational water to the new housing develop- The Johanna Westerdijkerf and Louise Kerlinghof (plan sector ment at the Steigerdijk (plan sector 1-West). 1-East). Heerhugowaard-South: a flowing urban landscape park 15
"The fortunate combination of
the long-term Vinex assignment,
constructively thinking
developers, inter-municipal
administrative decisiveness,
the Meerwaardefonds (added
value fund) and the efforts of
many parties has made the
development of Heerhugowaard-
South a success."
(derived from an interview with Evert Vermeer, Mayor of Heerhugowaard from
1994 to 2004)
1602: Quality through teamwork. The VINEX assignment for the HAL municipalities (Heer- The Heerhugowaard project group was the driving force hugowaard, Alkmaar and Langedijk) is at the basis of behind the development. It commissioned the study and the development of Heerhugowaard-South. In 1993, the design assignments, arranged the co-financing, informed municipality of Heerhugowaard published its ambitious the general public, authorities and corporate sector, plans for expansion of the town (by around 300 houses) reached agreements with the real estate developers and in combination with construction of a recreation and supervised the progress. Most of the predefined ambi- nature area (170 hectares), the mutual ambition being "to tions were actually realised and often more than that. realize an aesthetic quality in keeping with a perspective of sustainable development." A unique urban landscape The Luna Park was financed jointly by the HAL municipali- park was created through teamwork between a variety of ties, supplemented by contributions by the province of parties and persons, and through a customised approach Noord-Holland for the layout of greenery and water and to the area, in which various ambitions and forms of land the engagement of artists. use are united. In total, more than 100 people contributed to creating the Luna Park and plan sector 4 (see the list Heerhugowaard-Zuid has been put well and truly on the hereafter). It is thanks to their professional and personal map, through teamwork. The open and future-oriented efforts that the area has obtained coherence and soul. The approach (Public-Private cooperation), aimed at co-crea- process diagram shows the parties involved, their position tion of multiple quality in harmony with natural processes and mutual relations. deserves a broad following. Quality through teamwork 17
The diagram shows the most important parties involved in realization of Heerhugowaard-South and their mutual positions and relations. 18
Design of
Heerhugo
waterski
Schulze en van Dijk
Luna Park:
selection of design contributions: Urban design
plan sector 4
Bureau Alle Hosper Design of
announcement
Joke Roobaard
Design of
Design and Some Items water system
layout of Huij- (art in Heer- Neelen en Spatial
gendijkbos hugowaard Schuurmans main design of
DRFTWD Office and South) water system
DRFTWD Office Design of
Bureau Alle Hosper Waerdse Tempel Bureau Alle Hosper
Design of Schulze en van Dijk
skate pavilion Vision of City
DRFTWD Office entrance
Bureau Alle Hosper Design of
Design of school plan
signposting sector 4 Design of water
Aalon Levy Atelier Pro management Design of plot
structures demarcation
Bureau Alle Hosper plan sector 4
Design of public Design of hous- Arjan Karssen and
Image quality of spaces plan ing plan sector INBO
windmills sector 4 4 INBO
Bureau Alle Hosper Bureau Alle Hosper
Master plan Design of
Kuiper General layout Sport lagoon
Compagnons of recreational Sander
area Douma Architecten Supervision
Bureau Alle Hosper Design and
Forecasting layout of of art
Design of DRFTWD Office
dephosphati- Plan sector 3 flow labyrinth
zation pond DRFTWD Office DRFTWD Office and
Design and Bureau Alle Hosper
layout of DRFTWD Office
Luna Beach
Typology study Bureau Alle Hosper
for plan sector 4
Bureau Alle Hosper Urban design Greenery and
and Venhoeven CS plan sectors natural water Supervision of Design of
1&2 system Design of bridge recreation area sanitary
Kuiper IWACO in Middenweg & plan sector 4 facilities
Compagnons Bureau Alle Hosper Bureau Alle Hosper Superflex
Design of
furniture
Jürgen Bey Animations
Rudolf Zielinski
Design of bridge Image quality
over southern of caravans and
access road free plots plan Starting
DRFTWD Office sector 4 document
Bureau Alle Hosper Plan sector 3
Bureau Alle Hosper Supervision of
architecture
plan sectors
1&2
Kuiper
Compagnons
Quality through teamwork 1901: Foreword.
“The water system of the city
of Heerhugowaard-South is
the water check before the
term existed, it shows how
alternative use of water can
result in extra quality and
sustainability.”
(derived from an interview with Nelen & Schuurmans)
20Plan sector 4
Luna Beach
Huygendijkbos
Flow labyrinth
Quality through teamwork 21Luna Beach: design of landscape and circulation pumping station: Bureau Alle Hosper design of the Waerdse Tempel: Schulze & van Dijk design of Heerhugo waterski: Schulze & van Dijk Supervision of architecture: Bureau Alle Hosper Supervision of art assign- ments: DRFTWD Office design of sanitary facilities: Superflex design of signposting: Alon Levin design of announcement: Joke Robaard 22
The top side of the dike that protects Luna Beach and the City of the Sun from the provincial
N242 road. Its location and shape is derived from the reclaimed druipland area.
View from the dike over the swimming and recreational water of Luna Beach with the Waerdse
Tempel on the horizon, along with the square City of the Sun sector.
Quality through teamwork 23Waerdse Tempel pop podium / beach club: Design Architects: Schulze & van Dijk Location and supervision of architecture: Bureau Alle Hosper Sketches from Druiplanden drafts (Luna Beach), Bureau Alle Hosper 24
View from the square City of the Sun sector, to the Waerdse Tempel on Luna Beach. In the fore-
ground is a water villa designed by Boparai Architecten.
View past Waerdse Tempel pop podium / beach club towards City of the Sun.
Quality through teamwork 25Circulation pumping station recreational water: Design: Bureau Alle Hosper 26
The circulation pumping station that pumps the water out of the recreational lake under the
Middenweg to the Flow labyrinth.
The inlet in the Flow labyrinth with the agrarian farms and tree lined avenue along the
Middenweg on the left.
Quality through teamwork 27Flow labyrinth:
Landscape design: DRFTWD
Office and Bureau Alle
Hosper
Water management
structures: Bureau Alle
Hosper
Design of water management
structures: TAUW
Dephosphatization pond:
DRFTWD Office
Technology: Nelen & Schuur-
mans
Ecology: IWACO
Excavation work: ARCADIS
28View from a park hill to the dephosphatization pond (designed by DRFTWD Office). The Huygen-
dijk is behind it, with the pumping station that pumps out the polder water to the Ringvaart canal.
In times of extreme drought, (drainage) water is let in from the Ringvaart canal after first being
purified in the dephosphatization pond for the recreational water of the City of the Sun.
Quality through teamwork 29Huygendijkbos: Landscape design: DRFTWD Office and Bureau Alle Hosper Supervision of architecture: Bureau Alle Hosper Design routing: DRFTWD Office Design of bridge: DRFTWD Office Supervision of art assign- ments: DRFTWD Office Design of signposting: Alon Levin Design of footloose furniture: Jürgen Bey Design of Sports Lagoon: Sander Douma Architecten 30
Route of the N508 that intersects the western part of the Huygendijkbos. The bridge is a design by the DRFTWD Office. To the left is the dephosphatization pond with the Huygendijk pumping station behind it. Quality through teamwork 31
01: Foreword.
"A multi-disciplinary design
culture with involvement by
artists is neccessary for design-
based studies that continually
add content and meaning
to local sustainability with a
high degree of functional and
perception value."
(derived from an interview with Arno van der Mark / DRFTWS Office)
32Diagrams of the spatial plan- Sub-areas.
ning principles for greenery in
the Huygendijkbos (DRFTWD
Office).
25% impenetrable 50% impenetrable 75% impenetrable
woods 25% open, 5% dense 25% inaccessible 75% inaccessible 100% accessible
Overlap.
33Luna Park Routes: A dense network of routes for walkers, skaters, cyclists and canoers accesses and connects the various sub- areas of Luna Park and the residential areas of Heer- hugowaard-South. 34
Publicity campaign for Luna Park, draft: Joke Robaard graphical design: Alon Levin. Quality through teamwork 35
Tree meadows, woods and paths in Huygendijkbos woods. Quality through teamwork 36
A tree meadow and pool in the eastern part of the Huygendijkbos with a view through to the
City of the Sun and tree avenue of the Middenweg.
Huygendijkbos-East with a view to plan sector 2 (left) and the Jan Glijnisweg, the border of the
plan area.
Quality through teamwork 3701: Foreword.
"Heerhugowaard wants to build
more using less stone, while
retaining the key qualities of
tranquillity, spaciousness and
greenery".
(derived from Public forum)
3803: Plan sector 4
under construction.
The school building designed by Atelier Pro and the 9 The houses were developed by INBO architects. Particu-
metre high park hill are the first landmarks in the otherwise lar attention has been paid to the plot demarcation in
still empty polder area of plan sector 4. It is the transi- the form of 2 metre high shrubs and a modular system of
tional area between the urban expansion and Luna Park in multifunctional wooden fencing (designed by Arjan Kars-
Heerhugowaard-South. This sub-area designed by Bureau sen and INBO).
Alle Hosper will have two very distinctive atmospheres. The water transport pipeline route, which runs through the
An open park is at the centre, with a wall of urban devel- area, will colour blue in spring thanks to the flowers of the
opment. On each side is a plane tree woodland featuring Scilla Siberica (a type of bluebell). The open water is part
modern styles of housing in the greenery. The plots, public of the polder system that drains to the Ringvaart (drainage
spaces and gardens reinforce the cohesion and the park- reservoir) via the Oostertocht and the Huygendijk pump-
like character of the area. The plots and houses vary in ing station. The polder water is not connected to the clean
size. A common feature is that they all face onto a car-free recreational water around the City of the Sun.
public space of at least 25 metres wide. Expectations are that plan sector 4 will be completed in
2009.
Plan sector 4 under construction. 39Parking pocket near the houses at the central park. Main entrance road of plan sector 4, abundantly framed by
informally planted plane trees.
40Plan sector 4 under construction. 41
View from the dike, with the houses by the central park, to Overview of a number of the residential fields with the central
one of the car-free green zones between the residential fields. park and adjoining houses in the dike at the top, along with
the school building and the park hill.
One of the residential fields, surrounded by shrubs and plane The apartment complex finishes the strip of park houses and
trees, with fruit trees on the inside of the residential fields. the dike.
42The park hill and the school
building designed by Atelier
Pro are the first landmarks in
the polder plain of plan sec-
tor 4, that borders the sports
accommodation in plan
sector 1 of Heerhugowaard-
South.
Plan sector 4 under construction. 4344
04: Follow-up by Berrie van Elderen. The ‘Luna Park’ recreation area began to take shape Wytze Schuurmans, Fons Neelen, Martine Lodewijk and the following contributions from Liesbeth Hersbach, Arno people at Superflex. Zonderop, Gerlof Kloosterman, Dusan Zamurovic, Jelmer Douma, Toon Prins, Gonda Ruijterman, Josina Hageman, Of course, they could not have done so without assistance Petra van der Aart, Christian Verberne, Joost Den Hertog, from many others, including: Allard van Leerdam, Ronald Julita Abramowicz, George Miles, Marijke Brucher, Cees van der Berg, Mieke Kroft, Jeroen Vos, Maarten Ouboter, Bakker, Ron van den Berg, Jan van Wonderen, Margot Piet van Heese, Wim Koreman, Pieter van Lierop, Joke Roo- Tijsen, Hans Wijnveen, Ruud van Schaik, Wim Wilms, baard, Johan Dekkers, Kees Duijvestein, Jan Meijdam, Ruud Stephan den Nijs, Marco Schouten, Bert Klijn, Cor Bos, Hamringa, Peter Poppenk, Peggy Poppenk, Marcel Appel- Corrie Veldhuizen, Jan Doodeman, Jan Schreurs, Edith man, Jef Muhren, René van der Velde, Berrie van Elderen, van der Spruit, Martin Krijgsman, Danielle Kretz, Carmela Mark van Rijnberk, Marike Oudijk, Jonas Strous, Patrick Bogman, H. Leemhuis, W. Paap, K. van Bloois, Rob Piers, Verhoeven, Ronald Bron, Frits van Loon, Sylvia Mayr, Niels Kevin Batterbee, Sipke de Vries, Jan Thijs Dijkstra, Joost Hofstede, Peter Bos, Gerrie Hoogland, Hans Peter van Bruijn, Councillor Robert Jan Piet, Councillor Jan Willem Schooneveld, M. Houweling, Arno van der Mark, Gilbert de Boer, Mayor E. Vermeer, Frits Vermeijs, Rob Hotting, Koskamp, Mark Groen, Jan Verberne, Erik van Dijk, Ton Ashok Bhalotra, Wim Roozenbeek, Marc van Soomeren, Venhoeven, Peterine Arts, Arjan Karssen, Jaques Prins, Her- Ben Vos, Thomas Oomen, G. Tol, Dick Vos, Jos Feijtel, man van Rees, Katharina Hollebrandse, Dorte Kristensen, Cees van Raam, Erik Rijsenbrij, T. Bos, Jan Wijn, Monique Lisette Plouvier, Henri Schutte, Sander Douma, Patrick van van der Werff, Annette Beems, A. Immink, E. Swolfs, Emmerik, Jurgen Bey, Aalon Levy etc., etc. … Follow-up by Berrie van Elderen 45
It never ceases to amaze me how many people contributed However, we must not only thank people for the final to thinking up and facilitating the development of Luna results. Once again, the combination of coincidence and Park. nature worked its magic. What a gift it was, that the soil It's also fascinating how some aspects of the area are composition when constructing one of the bodies of earth directly recognisable as being the train of thought of iden- was such that a perfectly circular pond could be formed tifiable persons, while other important characteristics have three metres high. And how attractive it is to see how the no (visible) originator. natural dynamics are gradually shaping the flow labyrinth. Which creative spirit first toyed with the idea for such a And so I must deduce that I can no longer simply conclude large-scale development to the south of Heerhugowaard, that the recreational area was formed as a result of a nice for example? And subsequently discussed it with exactly piece of teamwork. It goes much further than that. After those people who could jointly ensure the wheels would be all, is it a team if the persons who had so much influence set into motion? And in the more recent history of the area: on the final results do not even know each other? In fact, Who is the graphical designer who was mainly responsi- if the majority of that group of people has never even met ble for the look of the circulation pumping station, with his each other? Is there really anyone who knows all about the or her colourful contribution on the wall? And which site recreational area and the backgrounds? I doubt it. builder ensured the final adaptations of the ground plan in his excavator? Which plantation planner thought up the exceptions in the grid of the tree meadows? Is that the same person who was responsible for the supplements in the chosen range of trees at the Waerdse Tempel? 46
And so the forces behind the development of Heerhugow- viewing towers have not progressed beyond mere ideas.
aard-South and Luna Park have eventually grown so The windmills are still in the flow labyrinth somewhere
great that their progress no longer depended on specific and the sports lagoon is more visible each week. And
persons. A number of people have driven the train over the after the relative tranquillity and simplicity of the agrarian
years. Some of them for a short while, some longer and history, there would now seem to be no end to the shower
sometimes even two at the same time. of ideas. The area requires initiatives, events, happenings,
temporary and permanent reasons to keep rediscover-
And so the density of ideas for Heerhugowaard-South ing the same spot in a different way. And so the Luna
has been extremely high over the past fifteen to twenty Park itself can be seen as one of the idea generators of
years. Following the initial years of drainage, which were Heerhugowaard. It was good to have participated in that
undoubtedly also inspiring ones, this past period can be process for a while.
seen as the next peak. It is fascinating to see how the
cloud of ideas developed into a shower of initiatives in the
area, which eventually passed through the flow labyrinth Bureau Alle Hosper,
and sometimes materialised into concrete plans, or not.
Whereas the pop podium and the mountain bike path are Berrie van Elderen
already a fact, the bridge over the Westerweg and the
Follow-up by Berrie van Elderen 4748
Colophon.
This Bureau Alle Hosper publication was produced on the
occasion of the opening of Luna Park and the departure of
Berrie van Elderen from Bureau Alle Hosper.
This publication was facilitated by a financial contribution
from the municipality of Heerhugowaard.
Copy: Dennis Moet / Park & Berrie van Elderen /
Bureau Alle Hosper
Photography: René van der Velde (cover photo), Kuiper
Compagnons (pag. 12), Bureau Alle Hosper (pag. 13, 14,
22, 24, 26, 30, 40), Dennis Moet / Park (pag. 18, 28),
Atelier van GOG (pag. 19), Rudolf Zielinski (pag. 21, 36,
41, 42), DRFTWD Office (pag. 33), Bureau Alle Hosper /
Park / DRFTWD Office (pag. 34), Joke Robaard (pag. 35).
Panorama photos: Dennis Moet / Park
Editorial: Dennis Moet / Park
Design: Atelier van GOG, Amsterdam
Digital printing: Leijten
Rights: © Bureau Alle Hosper & Dennis Moet fotografie /
2007.
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