Water as the backbone

Rather than treating water management as hidden infrastructure, we transform it into a visible and valuable part of the landscape, improving environmental quality, strengthening biodiversity and enhancing everyday life through placemaking. Streams, rainwater gardens and playful water features invite people to walk, play, gather and experience the changing rhythms of water throughout the year, while interconnected wetlands, meadows, marshes and woodlands create rich habitats and movement corridors for birds, insects and other wildlife. Together, the sponge landscape captures, stores and filters water, enabling future urban development while integrating water management, habitat restoration and public amenity within a single multifunctional landscape.