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THE BREDA EXPERIENCE
Water retention in historical environments:
the Spínola entrenchment (Breda)
Antwerp, September 11th 2012
Investigation of the assignment
• Water retention• Frame of reference;• Overgrown with trees;• Restoration;• Recreative routing;• Management vs Ambition.
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Eighty Years’ War, 1642
Eighty Years’ War, 1624-25
War of the Spanish Succession, 1701
War of the Austrian Succession, 1747
'Tithe War‘ 1831 - 1836
Eighty Years’ War, 1637
War of the AustrianSuccession, 1747
World War II 1944
´changing faces of the entrenchement´
´changing faces of the entrenchement´
Conceptual approach:
•We do not aim at a clean restauration of one era, but want to show the different layers of history, including recent overgrow by trees.
•Water retention should not obstruct this principle, but contribute to small-scale measures to make (the history of) the complex more visible.
´covered road´
Oak trees on the higher parts of the entrenchement
Marsh forest(Alder trees)
in the moat
Comparison old maps with detailled contour map (0,5 x 0,5 m)
Tweede supplement Hingman Plan van het fort Spinola bij Breda 18de eeuw
Profiles
Birds-eye view
Birds-eye view present situation with trees
Birds-eye view future situation cutting trees
Birds-eye view restoration outer ramparts
Birds-eye view full retention(avg 80.000 m3)
Routing
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Crossing the moat:
Making non-floating bridges
Crossing the moat: adventure
La rendicíon de Breda
DLG Government Service for Land and Water Management works today to shape the landscape of tomorrow.