Boulevard Katwijk

Overview.

Project details

• Project Name: Boulevard Katwijk
• Client: Municipal Katwijk
• Project Type: Landscape design, design public space
• Principal Designer/s: Bureau Marlies van Diest Ontwerp
• Design Team: Marlies van Diest, Willem van der Laan, Rob Lubrecht, Wim Wijsman
• Contractor/s: Rodor Technisch Advies
• Date of commencement of project: 2003
• Date of completion of project: 2008
• Location of site: Katwijk, Netherlands
• Site Area: 1.7 km in length
• Cost of Construction/Execution: 7000.000 Euro

The wide curved rim.

Words from the Architect

Restore landscape

An integral design for the 1.7 km Boulevard of Katwijk maintaining the characteristics of the family sea resort. The main starting point was to restore the landscape by reintegrating any cuts into the shore line. The new picture is that of a wavy dune landscape. The dune landscape continues until on the Boulevard itself in an undulating line between dune and promenade, emphasized by a wide, curved rim.

A-symmetrical profile design.

A-symmetrical profile design

The new plan has to give a solution for the 30 km zone and touristic crowds in the summer. The solution: an a-symmetrical road profile design, a free cycling track to the sea side and one on the road to the side of the buildings.

Height difference between boulevard and beach.

Beauty spots

The design has taken into account those beauty spots that are so typical of Katwijk. The squares are all placed in such a position that landmarks such as the church, the Lighthouse and Hotel Savoij, making them recognizable from a distance. At the lighthouse square is a new amphitheatre emphasizing the difference in height. The new sea square, with a giant bench (30 mtrs in length) is the absolute centrepiece of the Boulevard.

View of the north.

Materials

Simple, natural looking design with sturdy elements in scale with the dunes and the sea are used. For example the specially developed gravel tile. The spots of mother of pearl give the tiles a glistering image, without standing out too much.

Credits

• Text: Anke de Bruin / Marlies van Diest
• Photographs: Chiel van Diest Fotografie