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open spaces in or around buildings by most of the best Dutch contemporary architects." West 8 brings landscape architecture into city planning in a functionalist and pragmatic way; since the distinction between town and country in places like the
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Rotterdam (1996) using a raised platform lit from below and incorporating crane like structure to support lights that can be moved by inserting coins in a slot, "literally empowering the individual to light the square as they see fit." At the Oosterscheldedam Flood Barrier (1994) the firm used
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with Paul van Beek, who later left the firm. Geuze won the Dutch
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urban park." West 8 developed masterplans for the
Ypenburg Vinex showing that they can "marshal large plots and world-class architects with assurance", and produced a provocative design with palm trees in the sky plan for
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in 1987. Geuze's 1993 essay "Accelerating Darwin" advocated a "sensation of spontaneous culture which the city dweller creates". One of the firm's best known projects is the
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