Duet Hezelpoort
Nijmegen, NL
| Type | Landscape design |
| Design | 2022 |
| Location | De Nieuwe Hezelpoort, Nijmegen |
| Size | 13ha |
| Client | VanWonen |
| I.c.w. | de Architekten Cie., Powerhouse Company, STIPO |
| Team | Eric-Jan Pleijster, Artur Borejszo, Agostino Bubbico, Martin Garcia, Simon Verbeeck, Leire Calvillo Mendoza, Silvia Motta, Austin van beek, Lucio Fiorentino |
| Renders | Proloog |
‘Duet’ is the name of a new residential tower located at the railway station area of Gemeente Nijmegen. The landscape challenge here was how to provide much needed housing while also ensuring ample space for water, space for biodiversity, space to relax and enjoy.
By creating both a wide a green corridor and a new square on ground level, and an extra large public park on top of the parking, we made sure that ‘Duet’ benefits the natural and social systems of the city – a big improvement over the present situation.
Out of three candidates, the municipality of Nijmegen selected the design of ‘Duet’ by de Architekten Cie., Powerhouse Company, LOLA Landscape Architects, STIPO and developer VanWonen as the best proposal. The residential tower consists of 383 apartments, 211 of which are in the affordable segment.
Top view landscape design
Concept sketch for the 'living wall'
The Green corridor, the Nature Network Nijmegen en the gardens
The parking garage
The stairs to the rooftop park
The new public rooftop park
The greenhouse in the Green Corridor
The new Hezelplein
Recent news
LOLA + Shift design Stappegoor Sport and Education Campus
The Tilburg municipality has awarded LOLA Landscape Architects and Shift Architecture + Urbanism the contract to draw up the design for the Stappegoor Sports and Education Campus in Tilburg. The new campus will include facilities for athletics and tennis and will significantly improve the quality of the space.… More
Meelfabriek Garden public-vote winner Archello Awards Park of the Year 2024
De Meelfabriek site has been redeveloped into a mixed-use area. For the landscape design of the public garden, LOLA Landscape Architects worked closely with garden designer Piet Oudolf. For the 2024 Archello Award the public voted De Meelfabiek Garden as winner for the Park of the Year Award.… More
LOLA wins Schelling Architecture Prize 2024
According to the jury of the Schelling Architecture Prize 2024, LOLA brings the hidden layers of the landscape to the surface, working directly from the foundation of the soil. There are few planners who have taken such a broad base and focus on the big picture as LOLA.… More