Draft design Leeghwaterpark
Recreational landscape
Commissioned by the municipality of Purmerend, Buro Mien Ruys has drawn up a vision and design for a connecting city park. A future-proof plan in which a green recreational ribbon ensures connection and recognition.
The new design focuses on a green recreational ribbon that connects all parts of the park. This ribbon connects existing and new facilities in the park, like beads on a string of beads. This creates more coherence and tranquility between the various buildings, (sports) facilities and objects in the park. It also gives the park a clear appearance and identity. In addition, the connection with the surroundings is strengthened in this way. Clear edges and attractive entrances enhance the park experience. This makes the park even more attractive to the great diversity of users and visitors. With a surface area of 24 hectares, the Leeghwaterpark is a large park. The new design makes that grandeur visible again by means of extensive sight lines throughout the entire park.
Resident participation
The Leeghwaterpark is the city park of Purmerend. As a 'green lung', the Leeghwaterpark connects the districts of Gors-Noord, Wheermolen-Oost, Purmer-Zuid and Purmer-Noord with each other. The upgrading of the Leeghwaterpark is part of the overarching Purmerend Parks Plan 2021-2040 of the municipality of Purmerend.
The park not only offers space for relaxation, exercise and meeting, it is also an important means of combating heat stress and water problems in the city.
Vision and draft design
The Leeghwaterpark has a great diversity of visitors and users. In addition to local residents, athletes, skaters and walkers also make grateful use of this multicultural park. Participation plays an important role in the design process. By means of information meetings and surveys, residents of Purmerend are given the opportunity to think along and it really becomes a park for and by people. Together towards a future-proof Leeghwaterpark!
Want to know more about the vision and the draft design?
View the story map via the button below or listen to the interview of our colleague and landscape architect Ward Maaswinkel. He was a guest on local radio station Omroep Purmerend on March 6 and explains his vision of the design in this interview.
