Brainport Eindhoven
2016 – ongoing | Michel Heesen has joined the Quality-team of Brainport Eindhoven, advising on economic development in relation to sustainability, innovation, architecture and landscape design. Brainport Eindhoven is a...
Smart mobility in Noord-Brabant
2017 – ongoing | Michel Heesen has joined the Quality-team of ‘InnovA58’, advising on sustainability, innovation, architecture and landscape design. The existing highway A58 will be redesigned in order to...
Flood protection and integrated area development in Limbourg
2013 – ongoing | Michel Heesen has joined the Quality-team of ‘Gebiedsontwikkeling Ooijen-Wanssum’, advising on integral area development, landscape design and nature development. In the floodbed of the river Meuse,...
Transformation of 19th century building into ultralow-energy family home
2013- ongoing | In cultural heritage district Spijkerkwartier in Arnhem, Michel Heesen is transforming a 19th century building into a 300 sqm ultralow-energy home. The building is heated by low-temperature...
A12 parallel road with new drawbridge across the river Gouwe
2013 – 2017 | In commission of the province of Zuid-Holland, construction company Heijmans has build a new road connecting the A12 and A20 highway near Gouda. Part of the project...
Highway A1-A6 Amsterdam-Almere
2012 – ongoing | The existing highways A1 and A6 between Amsterdam and Almere are renovated, extended and partly relocated by SAAone (VolkerWessels, Hochtief, Boskalis, DIF). This 30 year DBFM-contract (Design,...
Railway bridge across canal and underpassage ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2007-2014 | The existing Zuid-Willemsvaart canal in ‘s-Hertogenbosch was extended with the new, seven kilometres long Maxima-canal. Construction company MNO/Vervat (Boskalis) won the Design & Construct contract for a new...
Covering highway A9 Schiphol airport – Amsterdam
2014 | Highway A9 between Schiphol airport and Amsterdam, also known as ‘Gaasperdammerweg’, will be covered by a new park. The project includes the reconstruction of highway interchange Holendrecht. During...
Advisory board of the province Zuid-Holland
2012 – ongoing | The council of the province of South-Holland has appointed Michel Heesen as a member of PAL Zuid-Holland (Provinciale Adviescommissie Leefomgevingskwaliteit). PAL is an independent advisory board on...
Visiting critic masterclass Landscape Architecture Wageningen University
2013 – On invitation of Adriaan Geuze, Michel Heesen has been visiting critic at the masterclass Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University and Research (WUR).
Towards healthy cities with healthy infrastructure
2013 | Why are traffic flow and capacity issues the only reasons for transforming an existing highways? Atelier Rijksbouwmeester commissioned West 8 and Michel Heesen with a research on how...
European highways: a 25,000 km road trip on the E75 and e50
2007-2012 | In 2009 and 2011 Michel Heesen and cameraman/ photographer Hans Stakelbeek made a 25,000 km road trip on the longest designated routes in Europe: European highways E75 and...
Supervision of bridges and ship locks Zuid-Willemsvaart ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2007-2013 | The existing Zuid-Willemsvaart canal in ‘s-Hertogenbosch is redirected by means of a new, seven kilometres long canal: the first new canal in 40 years. Part of the project...
Michel Heesen @ 5th IABR ‘Making City’
2012 | In commission of Mothership and the City of Rotterdam, Michel Heesen has designed an exhibition object on Stadhuisplein as part of the manifestation ZigZagCity. The object shows a...
Highway A4 Delft-Schiedam: not to be seen, heard or smelled
2011 – ongoing | Construction company A4All (VolkerWessels, Heijmans, Boskalis) is building seven kilometres of new highway through the meadowlands between Delft and Rotterdam. The ambition of this project is...
Book on the history of landscape design of Dutch highways
2011 | ‘Geheugen van het snelweglandschap’ (Memories on highway landscape design) recovers the original ideas and plans behind the landscape designs of all Dutch highways, based on archives and 33...
Olympic Main Structure NL
2011 | The Dutch government in charge in 2010 had the ambition of organizing the Olympics of 2028. The Ministry of Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) asked ZJA/One Architecture...
N329 Road of the future Oss
2011 | Architectural design concept in commission of construction company Heijmans for a zero-energy regional road in the city of Oss using state-of-the-art technology, such as reflecting tarmack, heath-generating tarmack...
Bicycle freeway with legendary sports heroes
2011 | Michel Heesen has designed a concept for a new dedicated commuter bicycle path between the cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen. The names and images of legendary sports heroes...