VE-R Member

VE-R is a landscape architecture and urbanism office based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. After working together for over 20 years in various settings, Berrie van Elderen and Remco Rolvink reinforced their collaboration by starting VE-R from January 2019. The office works on projects inside and outside Europe, including the Netherlands and Belgium, but also African countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria. The projects, varying from small-scale design interventions to larger-scale strategies and masterplans, aim towards a meaningful and sustainable way of treating the built and unbuilt environment. Our key drivers are: Transitions towards inclusive public spaces, urban developments and landscapes; Stepping up the sustainability levels in renewable energy, biodiversity and circular use of resources; Create long lasting frameworks for stable development with flexibility and room for change inside; Respond to dynamics by new concepts like the Urban Accelerator©; Aim for implementation, because projects are not finished on paper; Work with people, cooperate and partner at project level to use all expertise at best, engage users and stakeholders and make plans together to create ownership.