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Living in a community garden in Amersfoort
Stadstuin in Amersfoort was built a while ago, but the ideas from back then are still super relevant. It is a park that is ready for the future: little concrete, lots of spots for water collection and mountains of greenery and trees that provide cooling in the summer. Not to mention, you'll find solar panels on all the roofs.
This place is truly special. Instead of houses with front and back gardens and a car in front, City Garden offers a unique form of urban living. Houses stand in a park on the border of city and nature, with the buildings acting as acoustic screens for the houses behind them. The houses are cleverly placed: some on a noise barrier, others along a widened waterway. This provides enough distance from the high voltage and a place for rainwater collection.
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Living in a community garden in Amersfoort
Stadstuin in Amersfoort was built a while ago, but the ideas from back then are still super relevant. It is a park that is ready for the future: little concrete, lots of spots for water collection and mountains of greenery and trees that provide cooling in the summer. Not to mention, you'll find solar panels on all the roofs.
This place is truly special. Instead of houses with front and back gardens and a car in front, City Garden offers a unique form of urban living. Houses stand in a park on the border of city and nature, with the buildings acting as acoustic screens for the houses behind them. The houses are cleverly placed: some on a noise barrier, others along a widened waterway. This provides enough distance from the high voltage and a place for rainwater collection.
In City Garden, the houses do not have private gardens, but they do have terraces. The entire park belongs to everyone and is fully used on sunny days. The greenery, paths and water storage are communal property. A foundation provides management and maintenance, in which residents, the housing corporation and the municipality work together.