De Vloed is one of the three major sports and leisure sites in the municipality of Laakdal. Due to its organic growth, the site – despite its prime location – is struggling with fragmented land use and water-related issues. The masterplan sets out a new vision to spatially structure the site and make it climate-resilient.

Together with the various sports clubs and residents, a participatory process is being used to identify potential synergies. The historic landscape chambers are being restored and serve as a guiding principle. These chambers facilitate the various sports. Their edges, lined with trees and wild vegetation, create a network of walking and running paths, with space for a finely meshed wadi system that flows into one of the chambers, which is designed as a water storage facility for the entire site.
A single central, elongated canopy serves as the site’s flexible backbone. Beneath it is space for the infrastructure of the various clubs, with shared facilities, each offering a view of their own sports field. A nearby chamber is designated as a car park; other chambers are deliberately left empty and sown as a flower meadow. A new junction of walking and cycling routes connects the site to the natural corridor of the Laak Valley.