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Based in Amsterdam and Antwerp, DELVA designs landscape-dominant environments characterized by outward-expanding geometries, canopy-level boardwalks, and floating concrete structures that blur the threshold between built mass and natural ecology. The portfolio offers clear precedents when detailing elevated walkways through forested reserves, specifying sloped mass-timber roofs with integrated vegetation, or designing public seating directly into water-management channels.

Aerial rendering by DELVA showing a linear urban park flanking a canal with wooden boardwalk swimming pools and planted walking paths.

Aerial rendering by DELVA

A landscape master-plan precedent demonstrating how linear canal-side spaces can integrate diverse recreational programs, planting, and floating infrastructure.

What we like about this project
Stenciled typography embedded directly into the running track and pathway surfaces to brand the different park zones.

Materials

  • timber
  • paving-brick
  • concrete
  • native-planting
  • water

Visual identifiers

  • canal-park
  • floating-boardwalk
  • linear-pathway
  • urban-greenway

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • ecological
  • landscape-led
  • urban-renewal

Visual tags

  • master-plan
  • waterfront
  • public-realm
  • parks
  • urban-design
  • sustainable-drainage
Geometry
Linear site layout organized parallel to a water canal, featuring multi-tiered green spaces, pedestrian pathways with stenciled text, and floating deck elements.
Spatial scale
Master-plan scale showing blocks, multi-story buildings, and pedestrian-scaled activity nodes.
Lighting
Warm, low-angle sunlight casting long tree shadows across lawns and pathways, suggesting early morning or late afternoon.
Atmosphere
Inviting, lively, and sunlit atmosphere highlighting active multi-modal public spaces along water.
Environmental context
Dense urban canal-side district combining mid-rise apartment blocks, industrial heritage buildings, and native wetland planting.
Spatial experience
A sequence of active and green zones unfolding along the water edge, blending urban living with riparian recreation.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal perspective drawing the viewer along the parallel axes of the canal, green zones, and pedestrian paths.
Style reading
Contemporary ecological urbanism
Program
Urban waterfront park and master plan
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape
Materials
timber, paving-brick, concrete, native-planting, water
Visual identifiers
canal-park, floating-boardwalk, linear-pathway, urban-greenway
Style tags
contemporary, ecological, landscape-led, urban-renewal
Visual tags
master-plan, waterfront, public-realm, parks, urban-design, sustainable-drainage
Geometry
Linear site layout organized parallel to a water canal, featuring multi-tiered green spaces, pedestrian pathways with stenciled text, and floating deck elements.
Spatial scale
Master-plan scale showing blocks, multi-story buildings, and pedestrian-scaled activity nodes.
Lighting
Warm, low-angle sunlight casting long tree shadows across lawns and pathways, suggesting early morning or late afternoon.
Atmosphere
Inviting, lively, and sunlit atmosphere highlighting active multi-modal public spaces along water.
Environmental context
Dense urban canal-side district combining mid-rise apartment blocks, industrial heritage buildings, and native wetland planting.
Spatial experience
A sequence of active and green zones unfolding along the water edge, blending urban living with riparian recreation.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal perspective drawing the viewer along the parallel axes of the canal, green zones, and pedestrian paths.
Style reading
Contemporary ecological urbanism
Program
Urban waterfront park and master plan
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape

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Aerial rendering by DELVA showing a linear urban park flanking a canal with wooden boardwalk swimming pools and planted walking paths.

Aerial rendering by DELVA

A landscape master-plan precedent demonstrating how linear canal-side spaces can integrate diverse recreational programs, planting, and floating infrastructure.

What we like about this project
Stenciled typography embedded directly into the running track and pathway surfaces to brand the different park zones.

Materials

  • timber
  • paving-brick
  • concrete
  • native-planting
  • water

Visual identifiers

  • canal-park
  • floating-boardwalk
  • linear-pathway
  • urban-greenway

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • ecological
  • landscape-led
  • urban-renewal

Visual tags

  • master-plan
  • waterfront
  • public-realm
  • parks
  • urban-design
  • sustainable-drainage
Geometry
Linear site layout organized parallel to a water canal, featuring multi-tiered green spaces, pedestrian pathways with stenciled text, and floating deck elements.
Spatial scale
Master-plan scale showing blocks, multi-story buildings, and pedestrian-scaled activity nodes.
Lighting
Warm, low-angle sunlight casting long tree shadows across lawns and pathways, suggesting early morning or late afternoon.
Atmosphere
Inviting, lively, and sunlit atmosphere highlighting active multi-modal public spaces along water.
Environmental context
Dense urban canal-side district combining mid-rise apartment blocks, industrial heritage buildings, and native wetland planting.
Spatial experience
A sequence of active and green zones unfolding along the water edge, blending urban living with riparian recreation.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal perspective drawing the viewer along the parallel axes of the canal, green zones, and pedestrian paths.
Style reading
Contemporary ecological urbanism
Program
Urban waterfront park and master plan
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape
Materials
timber, paving-brick, concrete, native-planting, water
Visual identifiers
canal-park, floating-boardwalk, linear-pathway, urban-greenway
Style tags
contemporary, ecological, landscape-led, urban-renewal
Visual tags
master-plan, waterfront, public-realm, parks, urban-design, sustainable-drainage
Geometry
Linear site layout organized parallel to a water canal, featuring multi-tiered green spaces, pedestrian pathways with stenciled text, and floating deck elements.
Spatial scale
Master-plan scale showing blocks, multi-story buildings, and pedestrian-scaled activity nodes.
Lighting
Warm, low-angle sunlight casting long tree shadows across lawns and pathways, suggesting early morning or late afternoon.
Atmosphere
Inviting, lively, and sunlit atmosphere highlighting active multi-modal public spaces along water.
Environmental context
Dense urban canal-side district combining mid-rise apartment blocks, industrial heritage buildings, and native wetland planting.
Spatial experience
A sequence of active and green zones unfolding along the water edge, blending urban living with riparian recreation.
Composition rhythm
Diagonal perspective drawing the viewer along the parallel axes of the canal, green zones, and pedestrian paths.
Style reading
Contemporary ecological urbanism
Program
Urban waterfront park and master plan
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape

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