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April 7, 2020

Second prize for landscape and public space design of Academician Valley

 

NL Urban Solutions (NLUS), in cooperation with GVL (Guangzhou), was shortlisted for the concept landscape design of the new city: Academician Valley. They were selected, together with three other American and Chinese companies, from 26 applications worldwide. The city, with planned area of 21.7 km2 and a population of a half million people will become the center area and ‘economic engine’ of Jinghe New City, Xi’an, Shaan Xi Province, China.

 

The jury praised NLUS for their ecological, resilient approach, and creative design concept. Storm water management and ecological measures were well integrated with the landscape design. “With the ambitious goal ‘to become the best ecological environment, attract the most outstanding talents and gather the strongest high-end industries, NLUS created conditions for a green, livable and healthy city”, says one of the jury members. NLUS  believes that the nature based and people oriented public space and landscape design plays a significant role in attracting future talents.

The competition consisted of two parts. The first part was the concept design for the entire public space, green structure and green streets inside the 8,8 km2 core area. The second part consisted of the detailed landscape design for the water channel and center lake.

“In our concept design we proposed the comprehensive blue green network with different scales (XL-great ecological corridors, L-water system, M-green streets, S-community green and green buildings). The complete green-blue system can make a green city as well as a resilient city that is adaptive in different climate conditions. In the detailed landscape design, we proposed a park area, where the water channel becomes a natural river with soft banks, wetlands, islands and gullies. The design is a basis for diverse bio-habitats for local flora and fauna. The flooding safety is combined with ecological recovery and spatial quality. The slow traffic paths are designed to provide safe and connected routes. In the center, green roofs on top of the commercial buildings were designed to function as extension of the green public space. We chose to introduce organic language for the landscape design, to emphasize the contrast with the grid layout of the urban design.”

December 16, 2019

First prize in international landscape design competition for Jinghe River

 

NL Urban Solutions has won the first prize in an international landscape design competition. The jury praised their winning design for the Jinghe River in Xi’an, China, for its ecological and natural approach and innovative ideas. The other six selected international companies and consortia were representing China, Japan, Australia and America.

 

The Jinghe River has a gorgeous historical culture and will cross Jinghe New City, one of the five major development areas in Xixian New District, with a planned population of half a million people in a project area of 21.7 km2. NL Urban Solutions (NLUS), is excited that they can implement their design: “Our design for 17 km centrally in the new city located river front combines the flooding safety with ecological recovery of the natural river, maintains the dynamic river balance and creates bio-habitats for various local flora and fauna. The plan includes a floodplain area, riverfront parks, a boulevard park of 5 kilometers with 80,000 m2 of commercial space, wetlands and lakes, connects with the new city with the green-blue network and upgrades the rural area with several villages. The river park will help to position the Jinghe New City as a touristic destination integrating the rich history, unique culture and heritage of the region.”

 

The jury praised the systematic and integral approach, the advanced design concept and the professional water management knowledge. “Although many companies are aiming to create an ecological river, the design by NLUS is the only one that can truly achieve this goal. In the concept design ecology measures are well integrated with the landscape”, says jury member Jiancang Jie.

The client for the project is Xixian New District Jinghe New City Development Group. Director of their design department, Xining Zhang, is looking forward to implementing the design: “We like the nature-based design, which emphasizes the harmony of human and nature. The boulevard park can become a real name card for the new city. It integrates the commercial space in an innovative way with the landscape and offers a view balcony to the river.”

NLUS works on further developing the concept design. The result will guide the riverfront development in the final design and construction design phase, which will be finalised by a local office next year.

 

October 21, 2019

NLUS will participate IWA-ASPIRE 2019 in Hongkong

NL Urban Solutions will participate IWA-ASPIRE 2019 in Hongkong. NL Urban Solutions and Deltares have proposed an innovative resilient urban design in the Shenzhen New Marine City International Competition. Dr. Ye Qinghua, Deltares, will give the presentation of ‘Quantitative assessment of water system design for Shenzhen New Marine City’.

The design of the consortium team is based on the ‘empoldering method’. Therefore the water-land system is safe, adaptive, environmental friendly. Many innovative measures have been integrated with the total design: maintain natural water exchange by controlling the groundwater level, reduce the influences of tides and typhoons through natural mangrove defence zones, store, purify and reuse rainwater, provide clean energy via ATES (Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage) and so on. The report in IWA-ASPIRE congress will focus on using a chain of numerical models in the design process. And how the quantitatively assessed results have helped our multi-disciplinary team to make a hydrological and environmental sound decisions in the design.


IWA-ASPIRE is one of the most influential water professionals’ conference in the Asia-Pacific region. The theme of this year is ‘to expand the water resources with wisdom and create a resilient water environment with technology’. The conference will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from 31st October to 2nd November 2019. There will be more than a thousand participants from around the world to join the conferences, technical exchanges and seminars.


At the same time, the report from Partners for International Business (PIB) was selected as the theme of ‘Water and Energy Relationship’. Mrs. Su Nan from DSBP will give a speech. The report is about PIB expertise and PIB’s ongoing research on China’s current environmental and water management challenges. NL Urban Solutions participates in the Dutch Government supported program: Partners for International Business (PIB).

click to download the article: Quantitative assessment of water system design for Shenzhen New Marine City

 

May 6, 2019

NLUS signs strategic cooperation framework agreement with Xi’an University of Technology Ecological Water Conservation and Sustainable Development Research Centre (Think Tank)

NL Urban Solutions and Xi’an University of Technology Ecological Water Conservation and Sustainable Development Research Centre (Think Tank) have achieved and signed a strategic framework agreement in Xi’an to establish a strategic partnership in urban planning, ecological planning, landscape planning and water resources management subjects.

Xi’an University of Technology Ecological Water Conservation and Sustainable Development Research Centre (Think Tank) bases on the National Key Laboratory of Ecological and Water Conservancy in the Northwest Arid Region and the Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Shaanxi Province. It mainly conducts research on water conservancy planning and development strategy, water resources allocation and management regulation, smart water conservancy and water conservancy modernization, and sustainable use of water and soil resources.

Both sides look forward the mutual advance on strategic research, policy advice, personnel training, public opinion guidance and academic exchange. Wish to lead the healthy water environment management in Shaanxi.

May 6, 2019

NLUS received six YUANYE Awards in 2018

Recently, NLUS won six awards( including the outstanding projects, outstanding teams and outstanding designers) of the 9th YUANYE AWARD International Competition. The awards include:

Project award: Gold Award for Haiyang Chaoyang Mountain Forest Park Planning, Gold Award for the Central Axis Landscape Belt (Ramen Culture Park) of New Districts in Hualong, Master Plan for Comprehensive Water Management of the Xingjiang River in Anshun City and Landscape Design of Leba River got the Silver Award

Team award: the 2018 Excellent Design Agency.

Designeraward: annual excellent designer – Rong Hu and Marja Nevalainen

‘YUANYE AWARD’ is an international competition to promote the harmonious development of landscape architecture, improving the awareness of landscape architecture and the level of green design. Thanks to the great efforts from every team member! Be proud of NLUS!

April 11, 2019

NLUS received second prize in the international competition “Xi’an Happiness Forest Belt Landscape and Lighting Design Plan”!

Recently, NLUS  won the unanimous affirmation of the expert review by virtue of its excellent design ability and solid professional experience. The concept of “Happiness Road, Weaving Nature” has won the second prize. Here, we warmly congratulate the team involved in designing and providing project support!

The construction of the Happy Forest Belt is the largest municipal project in Xi’an since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It is the largest greening project and the people’s livelihood project. It is the largest underground space complex in the world and the largest urban forest belt construction project in the country. The forest belt has a planned length of 5.1 kilometers and an average width of 200 meters. The total planned investment is about 20 billion yuan. The contest was designed to complete the concept design of the landscape and greening of the happy forest belt. Since the release, the contest has received the application materials submitted by 33 landscape design companies at home and abroad, and submitted and selected through the layer plan, the final Dutch urban plan. Planning and Architectural Design Office, Atkins Consultant (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch, Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute and the United States BPI Lighting Consortium and Shenzhen Beilinyuan and Yue Daming Wisdom Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. The unit was short-listed for final review. The NLUS Dutch Urban Project starts from BIOPHILIC DESIGN and creates a true urban oasis with natural and ecological landscape design. This program stands out from many outstanding international design teams and won the second prize. It also provides a deeper design. Learn from the experience.

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January 22, 2019

NLUS Shortlisted for Xi’an Happiness Forest Belt Landscape and Lighting Design Plan

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Our bidding for Xi’an Happiness Forest Belt Landscape and Lighting Design Plan (“Happiness Forest Belt” below) has been selected as one of the four candidates from around the world.

See other tenders click here

This competition was hosted by Xi’an Xingfu Road Comprehensive Transformation Management Committee. As the largest municipal project, the largest greening project and all sectors recognized livelihood project in Xi’an since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Happiness Forest Belt project is also the largest underground space complex of the world and the largest city Green Belt construction project of China, whose total landscape greening project land area is 67.42Ha. We apply our expertise in urban landscape design, lighting design, urban environment infrastructure and cultural identity to draw the Xi’an Name Card Together.

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More information about this competition you could find via http://yyb.chla.com.cn/index.php?m=Ladesign&a=xaxfld_en

January 1, 2019

NLUS IN THE NL-FOOD SECURITY ALLIANCE

 

The NL-Food Security Alliance (NL-FSA) is a network of mainly Dutch companies and institutions developing exclusive and sustainable solutions in the agri-waterfood-business.

The alliance strives to achieve its goals and at the same time contribute to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The NL-FSA performs in a sustainable manner with respect for people, the environment and climate change. Providing solutions for climate change, migration, food security and growth retardation is achieved by improving human needs, creating jobs and raising the value of water, agro and food. The NL-Food Security Alliance collaborates, in Europe as well as Africa, with finance institutions, governments, donors, local governments, businesses and private investors.

NL Urban Solutions plays an important role and offering the outstanding collective experience in urban planning and landscape design, for NLUS has a track record of successfully implementing planning and development projects related to urban and rural development, Agro park & food industry development. Our highly qualified team provides ‘one chain’ service, including strategic plans, feasibility studies, concept plans, detailed planning and design, management and organization. With our multitalented team we can add quality in social, economic, tourism, recreation, ecologic development, and the spatial quality of the place.

The alliance strives to achieve its goals and at the same time contribute to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The NL-FSA performs in a sustainable manner with respect for people, the environment and climate change. Providing solutions for climate change, migration, food security and growth retardation is achieved by improving human needs, creating jobs and raising the value of water, agro and food. The NL-Food Security Alliance collaborates, in Europe as well as Africa, with finance institutions, governments, donors, local governments, businesses and private investors.

NL Urban Solutions plays an important role and offering the outstanding collective experience in urban planning and landscape design, for NLUS has a track record of successfully implementing planning and development projects related to urban and rural development, Agro park & food industry development. Our highly qualified team provides ‘one chain’ service, including strategic plans, feasibility studies, concept plans, detailed planning and design, management and organization. With our multitalented team we can add quality in social, economic, tourism, recreation, ecologic development, and the spatial quality of the place.

The source of the images are from https://nl-fsa.org/ 

learn more information about  NL-Food Security Alliance

November 8, 2018

NLUS brings Dutch experience on Sustainable Urban Renewal to Sun Yat-sen University, China

NL Urban Solutions is invited to the event “Knowledge-to-Knowledge: Urban Governance and Stakeholder Participation in Sustainable Urban Renewal” in Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China on 22nd and 23rd November. The event is led by Institue for Housing and Urban Development (HIS) and Erasmus University Rotterdam, and cooperated with Sub-deparment of Enviornmental Technology in Wageningen University & Research, Center for Chinese Public Administration Research in Sun Yat-sen University.

The purpose of this K2K event is to discuss an integrated approach for urban (re-)development projects with inclusion of Dutch and Chinese participants. An exchange of and reflection on experiences from cases in both the Netherlands and China will feed into this approach that could ultimately result in action plans for urban re-development and possibly the establishing of future cooperation.

Our co-founder Marja Nevalainen will present the Dutch experience entitled “Tackling regeneration, success factors of comprehensive urban renewal in Delft” on 23rd November.

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November 7, 2018

NLUS will attend ‘living with water: Water and Urban Development Forum and Matchmaking Meeting’

From November 18 to 23, 2018, NL Urban Solutions will travel as a member of Partnership International Business to China (Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen). This Dutch expert delegation will organize a Sino-Dutch “Water and Urban Development” Summit Forum in Guangzhou on November 21, with the support of the Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment and the Guangzhou Dutch Consulate.

Rong Hu, the co-founder of NLUS, will give the speech in the forum entitled: ‘Building Resilient Cities – the Benefits of Blue Green System‘.

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