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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.

Rendering by DELVA of a curved wooden boardwalk winding through a wetland landscape with grazing animals and distant wind turbines.

Rendering by DELVA of a curved wooden boardwalk winding through a

A landscape design precedent by DELVA showcasing a gentle wooden boardwalk that integrates public recreation with a restored wetland ecosystem.

What we like about this project
The path gently widens to accommodate integrated seating benches directly over the water channel.

Materials

  • timber
  • wood
  • native-grasses
  • water

Visual identifiers

  • curved-boardwalk
  • timber-decking
  • wetland-landscape
  • wind-turbines
  • reclaimed-marsh

Style tags

  • ecological
  • contemporary-landscape
  • minimalist
  • naturalistic

Visual tags

  • public-realm
  • ecological-design
  • landscape-architecture
  • boardwalk
  • wetland
  • rural
  • sustainable
Geometry
A gracefully curving timber boardwalk snakes through an open wetland, connecting grassy banks and shallow water channels.
Structural guess
Timber piles and structural stringers supporting a continuous wood plank deck over water.
Spatial scale
Expansive human scale; the wooden path is wide enough for pedestrians to walk abreast or sit on integrated benches.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight with a low sun casting gentle, diffused illumination across the landscape.
Atmosphere
Serene, tranquil, and open, blending human recreation seamlessly into a pastoral wildlife habitat.
Environmental context
Open rural or reclaimed lowland marsh featuring native tall grasses, scattered trees, grazing cattle, and distant wind turbines on the horizon.
Spatial experience
Moving along the elevated boardwalk provides an immersive, intimate journey right through the heart of the wetland habitat.
Composition rhythm
The serpentine curve of the boardwalk establishes a sweeping horizontal rhythm that leads the viewer's eye into the depth of the frame.
Style reading
Ecological landscape design with minimalist boardwalk detailing
Program
Ecological park / nature reserve pathway
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape
Materials
timber, wood, native-grasses, water
Visual identifiers
curved-boardwalk, timber-decking, wetland-landscape, wind-turbines, reclaimed-marsh
Style tags
ecological, contemporary-landscape, minimalist, naturalistic
Visual tags
public-realm, ecological-design, landscape-architecture, boardwalk, wetland, rural, sustainable
Geometry
A gracefully curving timber boardwalk snakes through an open wetland, connecting grassy banks and shallow water channels.
Structural guess
Timber piles and structural stringers supporting a continuous wood plank deck over water.
Spatial scale
Expansive human scale; the wooden path is wide enough for pedestrians to walk abreast or sit on integrated benches.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight with a low sun casting gentle, diffused illumination across the landscape.
Atmosphere
Serene, tranquil, and open, blending human recreation seamlessly into a pastoral wildlife habitat.
Environmental context
Open rural or reclaimed lowland marsh featuring native tall grasses, scattered trees, grazing cattle, and distant wind turbines on the horizon.
Spatial experience
Moving along the elevated boardwalk provides an immersive, intimate journey right through the heart of the wetland habitat.
Composition rhythm
The serpentine curve of the boardwalk establishes a sweeping horizontal rhythm that leads the viewer's eye into the depth of the frame.
Style reading
Ecological landscape design with minimalist boardwalk detailing
Program
Ecological park / nature reserve pathway
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape

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Rendering by DELVA of a curved wooden boardwalk winding through a wetland landscape with grazing animals and distant wind turbines.

Rendering by DELVA of a curved wooden boardwalk winding through a

A landscape design precedent by DELVA showcasing a gentle wooden boardwalk that integrates public recreation with a restored wetland ecosystem.

What we like about this project
The path gently widens to accommodate integrated seating benches directly over the water channel.

Materials

  • timber
  • wood
  • native-grasses
  • water

Visual identifiers

  • curved-boardwalk
  • timber-decking
  • wetland-landscape
  • wind-turbines
  • reclaimed-marsh

Style tags

  • ecological
  • contemporary-landscape
  • minimalist
  • naturalistic

Visual tags

  • public-realm
  • ecological-design
  • landscape-architecture
  • boardwalk
  • wetland
  • rural
  • sustainable
Geometry
A gracefully curving timber boardwalk snakes through an open wetland, connecting grassy banks and shallow water channels.
Structural guess
Timber piles and structural stringers supporting a continuous wood plank deck over water.
Spatial scale
Expansive human scale; the wooden path is wide enough for pedestrians to walk abreast or sit on integrated benches.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight with a low sun casting gentle, diffused illumination across the landscape.
Atmosphere
Serene, tranquil, and open, blending human recreation seamlessly into a pastoral wildlife habitat.
Environmental context
Open rural or reclaimed lowland marsh featuring native tall grasses, scattered trees, grazing cattle, and distant wind turbines on the horizon.
Spatial experience
Moving along the elevated boardwalk provides an immersive, intimate journey right through the heart of the wetland habitat.
Composition rhythm
The serpentine curve of the boardwalk establishes a sweeping horizontal rhythm that leads the viewer's eye into the depth of the frame.
Style reading
Ecological landscape design with minimalist boardwalk detailing
Program
Ecological park / nature reserve pathway
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape
Materials
timber, wood, native-grasses, water
Visual identifiers
curved-boardwalk, timber-decking, wetland-landscape, wind-turbines, reclaimed-marsh
Style tags
ecological, contemporary-landscape, minimalist, naturalistic
Visual tags
public-realm, ecological-design, landscape-architecture, boardwalk, wetland, rural, sustainable
Geometry
A gracefully curving timber boardwalk snakes through an open wetland, connecting grassy banks and shallow water channels.
Structural guess
Timber piles and structural stringers supporting a continuous wood plank deck over water.
Spatial scale
Expansive human scale; the wooden path is wide enough for pedestrians to walk abreast or sit on integrated benches.
Lighting
Soft, overcast daylight with a low sun casting gentle, diffused illumination across the landscape.
Atmosphere
Serene, tranquil, and open, blending human recreation seamlessly into a pastoral wildlife habitat.
Environmental context
Open rural or reclaimed lowland marsh featuring native tall grasses, scattered trees, grazing cattle, and distant wind turbines on the horizon.
Spatial experience
Moving along the elevated boardwalk provides an immersive, intimate journey right through the heart of the wetland habitat.
Composition rhythm
The serpentine curve of the boardwalk establishes a sweeping horizontal rhythm that leads the viewer's eye into the depth of the frame.
Style reading
Ecological landscape design with minimalist boardwalk detailing
Program
Ecological park / nature reserve pathway
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
landscape

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