Amstelstation Amsterdam

Waiting space becomes waiting place

WeLoveTheCity has untangled the maze of infrastructure around Amstel Station. Pedestrians walk across the green and car-free station square to…

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Bossche Stadsdelta 's-Hertogenbosch

Forever young

‘s-Hertogenbosch is a water city. The Bossche Stadsdelta is the place where the Dommel, Aa, Binnendieze and Zuid-Willemsvaart flow together…

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Rwanda, Ghana, South Africa

Inclusive densification

Affordable housing is a universal fundamental right. But why is it still a global problem? More and more working Dutch…

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Cromhoff, Twekkelerveld, Rigtersbleek and Het Volkspark Enschede

Talent for Twente

After Amsterdam, Enschede is home to the largest and most diverse range of educational and knowledge institutions. The city is…

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Hamburg, London, Rome

Smarticipate

WeLoveTheCity is also engaged in the development of tools for better cities. Smarticipate is a striking example of this. The…

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Harbour Quarter Deventer

The Flemish Approach

Everyone knows: if you pass the old silos by the sluice, you are really in Deventer. Here, WeLoveTheCity introduced The…

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Kolenkitbuurt Amsterdam

Reclaiming the street

Amsterdam West holds a special place in our hearts. It began with Mercatorplaza on the A10 West ring road. Together…

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Cultural Estates Hilversum

Serenity in the Randstad

City dwellers crave for peace, space and nature, but unfortunately it cannot cost a penny. Many estates have therefore the…

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Downtown Rotterdam

Club Cool

Rotterdam doesn’t have much space but it does need a lot of housing. That means densification. In the middle of…

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Paasbos Nijkerk

Co-creation for doers

WeLoveTheCity ordered 100 empty ‘Paasboxes’. Residents of Paasbos in Nijkerk drew, taped and wrote their wishes and ideas for the…

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Watertorenpark Hengelo

A Vondelpark in miniature

It was an epic battle but it worked: Watertower Park Hengelo is complete! “Over the cycle highway F35 towards the…

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Waalsprong Nijmegen

Plant Your Flag

WeLoveTheCity believes that the energy transition will proceed more quickly if you give residents and entrepreneurs the space to implement…

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Urban Land Swap Winterswijk

The best city centre

In 1998, Andries Geerse drew up the structural plan for the historic centre of Woerden, which was proclaimed the best…

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The Village Arnhem

Smart & Slow

Since Dutch TV presentator Mies Bouwman’s crowd funding action in 1962, Het Dorp represents the emancipation of people with disabilities.…

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Overview

Plant Your Flag

Plant Your Flag

WeLoveTheCity believes that the energy transition will proceed more quickly if you give residents and entrepreneurs the space to implement it in their own way. That is the idea behind Plant Your Flag, Nijmegen’s most sustainable neighbourhood. Our company has helped around 300 self-builders and co-builders with small and large budgets to seize their freedom: build your own home or work space that fits in with a sustainable future as you envision it.

The result is a kaleidoscope of solutions, ranging from the largest straw complex in Europe to the first hemp concrete house in the Netherlands. What is also striking: Plantyourflaggers like to keep things manageable. They opt for ‘light infrastructure’, sustainable water and energy solutions that you can apply on your own or with your neighbours without any strings attached.

“Almost every week we see buses with architecture students and visitors on bicycles. Because nowhere in this region you can see so many different architectural styles in a nutshell.”

resident Robert Bakker, De Gelderlander (2020)

Plantyourflaggers see the concept of sustainability as being broader than energy transition. The neighbourhood is characterised by new care concepts introduced by residents themselves. Moreover, it is the first suburban VINEX neighbourhood with a mixed use zoning, which means that you can start a business centre, boutique hotel, yoga centre, childcare facility, restaurant and neighbourhood shop here. And the management of the public space? They take care of that too.