The Netherlands

West 8 urban design & landscape architecture b.v.

Nico Koomanskade 1021
3072 LM Rotterdam
The Netherlands

+31 (0) 10 485 5801

Belgium

West 8 Brussels urban design & landscape architecture bvba

Waaienberg 123
1745 Opwijk
Belgium

+31 (0) 10 485 5801

United States

West 8 urban design & landscape architecture p.c.

2133 Arch Street, Suite 101
Philadelphia, PA 19103
United States of America

+1 347 371 2252

Creating the Balance

Central Utility Plant (CUP) / Borregas Mechanical Facility, Moffett Park, Sunnyvale, CA

Rethinking Moffett Park as an ecological innovation district begins with sourcing energy in a sustainable way. The C.U.P. connects people, their district infrastructure, and the surrounding landscape within a pioneering and integrated sustainability centre.

Thinking ahead: Positioned at the foot of the bay, the design interweaves resiliency from flooding risk, elevating and protecting the facility through the manipulation of topography.

Designed to showcase Google’s commitment to operating in a carbon free environment

Client
Google Inc.
Lendlease

Team
ZGF – Architect, Prime
West 8 – Landscape Vision
H. T. Harvey & Associates – Ecological Consultants / LAOR

Consultants
Sherwood Design Engineers – Civil Engineering
Arup – Mechanical Engineering

Images
© Google, West 8

Photography
 © West 8

Crafting Spaces for Knowledge Exchange

Urban Life & Science Campus, New York City, USA

Moments of Pause: A sequence of intimate and human-scaled outdoor rooms in the heritage of New York’s classic pocket parks.

 

Creating a cohesive experience through evergreen planting, sculptural elements, and robust, timeless materials.

Client
Undisclosed

Team
Undisclosed
West 8 – Landscape Architecture

Images
© West 8

Next Generation of Campus Quads

Google Humboldt Campus, Sunnyvale, California, USA

Humboldt Campus consolidates the vision for collaboration in the workplace within the setting of a performing landscape.

The mosaic composition frames and defines the green courtyard into multiple usable patches of landscape. A robust tissue of desire lines allowing flow of movement across the campus.

 

A new benchmark for the tech campus typology: Providing people the space to relax, enjoy and connect in a uniquely Californian way.

Introducing the Green Link

Client
Google

Imagery
© West 8, Devcon Construction

Team
Devcon Construction Inc. – Architect of Record / Design Build Contractor
Sares Regis Group – Development Manager
Nash Hurley Architecture Studio – Design Architect (Core &Shell)
West 8 – Landscape Architect
SITU – Interior Architect
BKF – Civil Engineer
Nishkian Menninger – Structural Engineer
Silicon Valley Mechanical – Mechanical Engineering
Parabola – 1212 Design Architect
Loisos + Ubbelohde – Dalylighting Consultant
Castro Plumbing Services – Plumbing
BFP Fire Protection, Inc – Fire Protection
Giacalcone Design Services, Inc – Dry Utilities
Sweeney + Associates – Irrigation

Connecting Across Campus

Green Link, Moffett Park, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Stitching the urban fabric, ecology, and green space, the Green Link is a new accessible backbone that will transform Moffett Park into an eco-innovation district.

Introducing the Green Link:
Creating walkable, pedestrian-first streets

West 8 embedded a robust collection of design elements within the Green Link network, creating a cohesive image for the district.
-> More info: Woodpecker Furnishings Collection

 

Reducing the road footprint, designating safe areas for bike mobility, inter-connected tree canopy and embedded stormwater management.

 

West 8 weaved and co-related the first phases of the Green Link implementation into the design of Google’s newly built Humboldt campus building.
-> More info: Google Humboldt Campus

Client
Google
City of Sunnyvale
DEVCON

Team
SERA Architects – Prime
West 8 – Design Consultant
H. T. Harvey & Associates – Ecology
TOOL Design – Mobility
BKF – Civil Engineer
Selux – Lighting Consultant

Images
© West 8

S. Pellegrino Factory of the Future

San Pellegrino Terme, Bergamo, Italy

Nested in the heart of the Brembo Valley, the San Pellegrino Terme — immersing visitors and employees in the valley’s natural beauty. Restoring, preserving, and revering the landscape of the Italian Alps as an anchor for placemaking and design experience.

Inspired by the inherent qualities of the sublime surroundings and the source of water.

Celebrating the
Arrival Experience

Ecological Scenography: Integrating and repositioning production within a conscious preservation of the alpine landscape

Client
San Pellegrino S.p.A
Nestlé S.A.

Team
Bjarke Ingels Group – Prime Architect
West 8 – Landscape Architect
Elena Stevanato – Landscape Consultant
Atelier Verticale – Architect of Record

Arup
MIC-Hub
Front
Studio Piero Castiglioni

Images
© West 8 + BIG, © West 8

Photography
© West 8

A Democratic Public Space

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany

Rejuvenation of a modest and humble landscape; fitting the requirements of today and adhering to the original, design integrity.

Client
Federal Republic of Germany, represented by Staatliches Hochbauamt Baden-Baden

Partners
Ramthun Landschaftsarchitektur

Imagery
© West 8 © Stephan Baumann

Reimagining an Industrial Heritage

Strijp S, Eindhoven, NL

 

We see not only the official monuments but also all industrial buildings and objects as valuable to preserve and incorporate into the design.

Designing an inviting
Building Interface

 

Through this intervention, the unique cultural heritage of the Philips factories is preserved and strengthened with the reopening of iconic buildings, transforming Strijp S into an area where the city and society find each other in a new, inventive way. 

 

Space to Celebrate

 

The location of Strijp S, just outside the city center of Eindhoven, along with its placement between the High Tech Campus of Eindhoven and the Technical University of Eindhoven, makes it an ideal location for festivals, pop-ups, makerspaces, and events.

Client
Park Strijp Beheer

Imagery
© West 8, © Jeroen Musch, ©Max Kneefel, © Bart van Overbeeke/ GLOW Eindhoven, © Max Kneefel

Video
Video © Gewest13 via Strijp-S

The Modern Orchard in a High-Tech Campus

Novartis Shanghai Campus, Shanghai, CN

Fostering creativity, reflection, communication and interchange: a procession of choreographed spaces that weave together Chinese landscape traditions, undulating topography, and seasonality.

The poetic inspiration for this campus lies in the beauty of the rural orchard, which holds a diverse array of colours, varied emotions, seasonality, textures, tastes, and smells.

Timeless and
Seasonal

The landscape nurtures notions of community, warmth and creativity.

The garden’s design provided a unique solution to the challenge of its position on an underground structure by creating massive raised garden beds that seamlessly integrate into the garden’s topography.

Arrival
Experience

Client
China Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Co., Ltd. (CNIBR)

Partners
Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University (Group) Co. Ltd., Ager Group

Imagery
© West 8, © Jeroen Musch, © ZiL ArchVisual

Connecting the University Campus through the Landscape

Duke University Sculpture Park at the Nasher Museum, Durham, NC, USA

 

Working with the natural topography, buildings, and heritage of the prestigious university, a series of key moments transform the Nasher Art Gallery into a centrepiece for the Campus Arts District.

Composing
Continuity

The design includes two core values – inviting the campus into the space and extending the museum out into the landscape.

Creating a canvas for a variety of both formal and informal events and performances.

Client
Duke University

Consultants
McAdams Company, LHC Structural Engineers PC, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company LLC (Soils and Irrigation), Newcomb & Boyd, LLP (MEP engineering & lighting)

Imagery
©West 8, © Copyright Sterling E. Stevens

Adapting, Restoring and Renovating

Universiteitskwartier, University of Amsterdam, NL

Bringing both an anthropological and architectural sensitivity to the project, West 8 undertook a unique, detailed analysis of the cultural, historic and architectural layers of the district to create a supplementary research document to inform the district’s future development.

In collaboration with University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Municipality of Amsterdam, West 8 have created a spatial vision to preserve, restore and renew the Universiteitskwartier in the historic heart of the city centre. A new ceremonial heart for the UvA, the plan creates a new Humanities district for the University, by opening up various hidden courtyards as well as marking the historic boundaries more clearly.

Marking and outlining where historic buildings can be adapted, restored and renovated to become suitable for modern use.

With the key message of POORTEN – HOVEN – STEGEN (Gates – Courtyards – Alleys), the strategic creation of entry points and greenery within the urban fabric enables the streetscape and inner courtyards to be opened up and activated for the local community, the university community and the public to enjoy. To highlight the potential of the larger plan’s message, West 8 also created and tested a series of ‘Kavel Paspoorten’ to act as case studies for the successful implementation of the vision document on specific key sites within the district.
West 8 urban designers Adriaan Geuze en Penne Hangelbroek worked in close collaboration with Municipality city planners Ton Schaap and Meijer-Skouratovskaja and the UvA to incorporate the feedback from an extended series of public consultation events led by Guido Wallagh and integrate the larger goals of the City of Amsterdam’s ‘Aanpak Binnenstad’ programme which focuses on the restoration of national monuments and sustainability upgrades for the urban realm.
West 8 was appointed as the strategic masterplanner for the city campus in 2018, and the plans were approved by the City of Amsterdam on the 9th of July, 2021.

Client/Collaborators
University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Municipality of Amsterdam

Imagery
© West 8

Inner Garden and Outer Landscape

Chiswick Business Park, London, UK

A public garden within a major office development near central London, a central gathering space for some of the world’s leading companies.

Chiswick Park takes the form of a necklace of 12 office buildings within 33 acres of landscaped gardens. Each building faces the Park’s ‘inner garden’ with a featured two-tier lake, waterfall, decked boardwalk, pathways, events space and lush landscaping.  The ‘inner garden’ was designed as an elevated space at the centre of the site onto which the buildings face – with the ‘outer landscape’ as a pragmatic design that includes site boundaries, peripheral car parking and arterial corridors between the buildings.

Created with well-being in mind: If you enjoy work, you do better work. If you do better work, you have a better business.

79% of guests felt the physical environment at Chiswick Park benefits their work life

Client
Stanhope Place

Partners
Richard Rogers Partnership

Imagery
© West 8 and © Yuriy Akopo, © Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work

A Coherent Mélange of Environments

Parc du Moulon and Carré des Sciences, Saclay, Paris, FR

An integral part of the urban grid, the park and square connect adjacent programs, bring together families, students and workers and provide a wide variety of activities and gathering places.

Rooted in the arboreal heritage and the natural topography of the site

Client
Etablissement Public Paris Saclay

Imagery
© West 8 and © Karolina Samborska