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Landscape architect and co-founder of LOLA Landscape Architects in Rotterdam and Shenzhen. Peter Veenstra leads many international design and research projects and is active as a guest lecturer and co-curator. In design projects, he strives to turn innovative ideas into achievable designs.
Even though LOLA is an acronym for Lost Landscapes, which was born out of a fascination for the adventurous fringe, poetic leftover space, and spontaneous nature, the natural development of the office led him to design places like the adidas HQ campus, and Shenzhen’s main waterfront, Shenzhen Bay Park. With self-initiated studies and design researches, he keeps on working on topics that deserve more attention in the field of (landscape) architecture. Examples of his designs are Park Vijversburg in Tytsjerk, Singelpark in Leiden, Forest Sports Park in Shenzhen, Composed Nature in Neerpelt. Recent research focused on post-disaster landscapes, carbon positive land use, afforestation, and climate adaptation in the urban environment.
In 2013, Peter Veenstra received the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young Architects, in 2014 the TOPOS landscape award, and in 2020, WAF China Awards for both Excellent Design and Best Landscape. He co-wrote the first monograph on LOLA, titled ‘Lost Landscapes’, and the second, titled ‘In Search of Sharawadgi’.
LOLA Landscape Architects studies and designs spatial transitions of LOst LAndscapes. With thoughtful ideas and targeted interventions, we aim to design sublime places that are beautiful, surprising and thriving. Adding unique and memorable experiences is key to all of our projects.
