Nieuw Land National Park, Amsterdam Green Area, Dutch Landscape Design, Architecture Images
Nieuw Land National Park near Amsterdam
Landscape Design Development in Holland – design by Mecanoo architecten
28 Feb 2019
Nieuw Land National Park
Architects: Mecanoo architecten
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
?Nieuw Land will be a new kind of national park, one in which visitor experience is central. The park will be an attractive and educational experience for all generations and will bring the city and nature closer together. It will feature many dikes, marshlands and reed landscapes, new islands, and even more flora and fauna – with space for rest, darkness to view the starry sky, wilderness and adventure.? ? Francine Houben
Man-made nature park

The Nieuw Land National Park is the largest man-made natural park in the world. It is located near the metropolitan region of Amsterdam and sits on the bottom of the former Zuiderzee (Southern Sea). Nieuw Land covers 29,000 hectares and incorporates numerous existing nature reserves: the Oostvaardersplassen, the Lepelaarplassen, Marker Wadden and Trintelzand. These reserves would never have existed without the land reclamation works in Flevoland in the 1950s and 1960s ? it was unintentional, in fact, that nature was given free rein over large areas of the reclaimed land.

Nieuw Land is first and foremost a bird reserve, with dozens of protected species attracted by the ample food supply and sheltered places for rest...