Gert-Jan Wisse, landscape architect and director at Bureau B+B, was educated in Arnhem, Manchester and Amsterdam. Gert-Jan works from a strong strategic approach, is a bridge-builder and is adept at translating the essence of an assignment into a clear and powerful design. He sees the landscape and public space as a medium between people and their environment. With precision and contextual clarity, Gert-Jan interprets the meaning of a place, connecting people with the narrative of the landscape.

Simona has gained experience as an architect and landscape architect in Rome, Lisbon, Barcelona and the Netherlands. Her passion lies in creating designs that are strongly connected to the natural landscape, while engaging in a dialogue with architecture. Through extensive research into site-specific qualities, such as history and anthropology, her designs establish a sustainable and long-lasting relation with their unique context. Simona uses her comprehensive knowledge of planting and materials to achieve a coherent atmosphere and aesthetic in her designs.

Marijn is a passionate landscape designer who, after gaininfg a bachelor’s degree at HAS, obtained his master’s degree in Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University. In his work, he prioritises his fascination for nature and ecology. He sees landscape and natural systems as the basis for a new attractive and qualitative landscape. His designs are characterised by an analytical and research-oriented attitude.

Mark’s degrees in Design and Landscape Architecture make him a multidisciplinary landscape architect. His designs are characterized by powerful, simple and timeless interventions that allow for change and flexibility. With an organised working process, an inquisitive attitude and a clear goal, he unravels the red thread within a project and brings structure to complex design assignments.

Hannah is director at Bureau B+B and was educated in Amsterdam, Berlin and Newcastle upon Tyne. She is driven by finding a new balance between nature and mankind. This asks for acknowledging our responsibility and guiding role as designers, as humans, in all social and spatial interventions we propose. Hannah practices this by creating designs not solely based on our own comfort but with an acknowledgement and deep understanding of the needs of other species. She believes this will eventually lead to a more beautiful and sustainable environment, a peaceful co-existence. Hannah considers landscape architecture to be a great way of raising awareness, and a catalyst for change. This, and the aspect of time, is a constant factor in her projects, to which she has an imaginative and fervent narrative approach.

Agnieszka is a socially engaged urban designer, who was educated at the universities of Stockholm, Krakow and Gdansk. Drawing on her interests in urban ecologies, she designs for social inclusion, sustainable economic growth and environmental justice. Agnieszka is committed to redefine urban ecosystems and create spaces where humans and other species can thrive together. Her design process comprises methodical research which helps refine the essence of an assignment.

Jeanette is a highly experienced project manager and part of the management team. Many projects with the typical Bureau B+B signature – contextually anchored and finely detailed – have been guided until completion by Jeanette. She mobilises craftsmanship, and has years of experience in translating a design sketch into an feasible plan, in which the details tell the story of the design. She thrives when working within complex design assignments, challenging the team to come up with a thoughtful, readable and layered design within the set parameters and requirements. In multidisciplinary design teams, Jeanette directs the design process and achieves a sustainable execution that matches the ambitions in terms of engineering, maintenance and costs.

Gijs is a technically oriented landscape designer and project manager who gained experience in refined technical detailing in Zurich, Switzerland. Born on a nursery in Boskoop and raised among plants and trees, these are still essential elements in his projects; he wants people to experience nature and planting. Gijs likes to explore his ideas and designs with scale models, which can be used to test the spatial quality and determine the desired final image together with the client. Perseverance in the makeability and realisation of a plan are the foundation of Gijs’ work.

Tomas is director at Bureau B+B and an experienced landscape architect. He was educated at Wageningen University and worked in both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. He prefers to answer the cluttering of our current everyday landscape with subtle interventions, stripped of unnecessary adornments and fashionable elements. Tomas seeks for designs that answer complex spatial issues through a balanced spatial composition and a timeless character. With a modest design attitude, Tomas is on a continuous search for typological clarity, a strong spatial effect and visual serenity.

Vito studied psychology and landscape architecture in Ghent and Amsterdam. With an enthusiastic and explorative design attitude, Vito uses landscape architecture as a means to increase people’s affinity with the landscape and nature – and thus to better cope with future challenges. As a landscape architect, he uses design assignments to put urgent issues on the agenda. He works on different scale levels and creates coherence between large-scale master plans and detailed elaborations. Vito uses hand sketching as a methodology and uses ‘doing by making’ as a design tool to initiate a dialogue and initiate a new way of thinking.

Sybren was educated at Van Hall Larenstein and the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. As a landscape architect, he works at different scales and phases, from strategic visions and international competitions to implementation projects and small scale bridge design. Strengthening an existing identity or creating a new story is always a central focus. With his analytical and critical eye, Sybren knows how to bring the right focus to projects. The result is a design that feels natural and provides answers to the challenges of our time.

Michelle is a dedicated urban planner who obtained her master’s degree in urban planning at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture, after completing her bachelor at NHTV in Breda. She has gained experience in various projects ranging from the building level to the city and regional scale level. During the design process, Michelle connects different challenges to find surprising solutions. This results in integral designs with a better synergy between programmatic requirements, climate adaptation, urban planning and landscape.

Colin graduated as a landscape designer at Van Hall Larenstein and the University of Porto. From his work as a gardener emerged the need for large-scale design challenges. He strives for realistic designs that focus on serenity, regularity and a maximized green environment. His working method is execution-oriented with passion for planting and focused on three-dimensional design. In the complexity of today’s landscapes there are challenges in which he looks for appropriate, innovative and future-proof solutions.

Julian is passionate about systemic design and strives to create vivid urban experiences in everyday life. Therefore, he pursued consecutive studies in spatial and urban planning at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and Cologne. He has gained experience across different scales by shaping regional visions and urbanization strategies at the intersection of conceptual design and public participation. In the design process, he weaves the latest academic research into local iconography and creates concepts that drive socially inclusive and ecologically justified change.