Urban area

The City of the Future

The city of the future is an attractive living environment where space for water and nature are incorporated. Nature provides cooling during heat waves, purifies the air, and lays the foundation for a healthy living environment. The future city is resilient enough to adapt to climate change. These cities have direct access to rewilding areas where people can enjoy outdoor recreation. In the future, most of our food will also be produced in areas within or close to urban centers. Bureau Stroming is passionately committed to this transition toward a climate-adaptive urban environment with high natural and spatial quality.

Bureau Stroming for the Cities of the Future

Bureau Stroming has experience with urban areas and is an expert in landscape-ecological system analysis and design. We are skilled at involving residents in the planning process, inspiring policymakers and public green-space managers, and creating integrated designs in collaboration with urban planners, architects, and developers—all with broad public support. Our powerful visual presentations are a key asset in the development of spatial plans.

Concepts and Examples

With this approach, Bureau Stroming has contributed to projects such as the tidal parks in the Rotterdam region, including Brienenoord Island, which provides a peaceful oasis for recreation and allows tidal nature to thrive within a densely populated urban area. Another example is the Spiegelwaal in Nijmegen, where we contributed to a spatial plan that has led to an accessible and attractive natural river area in the heart of Nijmegen. In Arnhem, we are a foundational partner in developing the 350-hectare Meinerswijk Floodplain Park. The Common Meuse River between Maastricht and Roermond, located in an urbanized area and visited by more than one million people annually, is another example. Our redesign of the Broekpolder area in Vlaardingen has transformed it into a large recreation area, bearing Stroming’s distinctive touch.

Stroming has developed the Nieuwe Marken concept, a model of area development where publicly accessible nature is supported and financed through small-scale housing projects.

With the study Climate Adaptation with Nature Between City and Countryside for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality, Stroming, together with partners, developed a framework for nature in the urban periphery, with practical examples in areas like Dordrecht and Den Bosch. 

In urban areas, we work to enhance biodiversity, such as on the Radboud campus in Nijmegen, and we participate in tenders for residential developments.