Samenvatting

Ecofield is a new strategy to strengthen ecosystems in the Netherlands by means of architecture specifically designed for the landscape and for animal and plant species. The current biodiversity policy Nature Network Netherlands (formerly Ecological Network) focuses on nature areas and thus ignores the potential contribution that the urban fabric can make to Dutch biodiversity. Instead of separating town and country, Ecofield treats them as one ecological space. The strategy has been applied in the ecological space from Haarlem to the coast, which is marked by the city center, dunes of the South Kennemerland, the North Sea and five other landscape typologies. A recreational and contemplative walking route crosses this area, along which eight accommodations have been designed. Here people, plants and animals find shelter. When architecture is able to become part of this abiotic landscape, it will play a key role in the cohesion of ecosystems