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L+CC is a Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Rotterdam based office that works and collaborates on issues related to built form, with a scope from research to design.

23/03/2026

We are looking to add to our team... Feel free to share.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/vckjTew4yCQDF_WXGbmMWw?from=singlemessage&scene=1&subscene=317&sessionid=1774253599&clicktime=1774253614&enterid=1774253614&ascene=1&fasttmpl_type=0&fasttmpl_fullversion=8182452-en_US-zip&fasttmpl_flag=0&realreporttime=1774253614719

24/07/2025

Designing systems to enhance natural beauty

BAISHUIZHAI WATERFALL SCENIC AREA CONCEPTUAL PLANNING AND DESIGN COMPETITION

The Baishuizhai Waterfall is China’s tallest waterfall, with a 430 meter water drop. It’s an important natural icon for Guangzhou. The waterfall is intriguing for many reasons. From far way it looks like one, but up closer one can see the variety in shape and spaces it has created over the course of thousands of years. The natural beauty of the waterfall is associated with many things, of which the main story is that of a fairy, dancing between the hills.

The beauty of the waterfall is recognized but could be experienced by many more people. It could stimulate tourism and active leisure in the area and at the same increase the attractivity of the Guangzhou region. The ambition is to become a 5A touristic destination. Accessibility forms an important challenge to solve, in this steep topography: all age groups should be able to get to the waterfall. And the visitor flow should be more constant, day, night, all year long.
Collaboration: TALLER,LOLA
https://landandcc.com/land-waterfall

26/06/2025

We do not see our work solely as the making of ‘buildings’, nor of just forming landscapes, but we strive to find a harmonious intermingling of the needs of nature and culture. We think this proposal for a new community center against the hills is indicative of this agenda.

30/05/2025

We just submitted for an ideas competition [more on that later] and were remined of something we did a few years back. [and got editor's pick and honorable mention]:

A New Polder Model
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”
- Dickens
“… the best way to see the way forward, is to look back at where you came from.”
– us.

Values
In the Dutch context, top-down has long framed the bottom up. Dijks were lines that formed collective protection, which allowed for great individual freedoms. Close proximity to water led to international colonization. This ultimately led to international industries and factories. Ultimately leading to abandonment and squatter culture. Post war housing needs paved way for projects like OMA’s minimalist linear housing models. These lead to the desire of citizens to express themselves in public spaces.
see/read more here:
https://landandcc.com/research-freedam
https://www.nonarchitecture.eu/community-2050/

22/05/2025

Something from our archives...
OPEN SOURCE
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
Knowledge is not about libraries or books or the internet. The accumulation of knowledge is essentially the foundation of civilization. Libraries have traditionally been the locations to store the information. Now libraries have the opportunity to be much more. They are the hubs to access, share, and to discuss knowledge. They no longer are mainly about storage and preservation. They are about ease of access and about gathering of people.
Further, the nature of how the information is shared has changed. With the advent of digital technology space no longer needs to be spatially ordered. Spaces can be much more dynamic and flexible, allowing for users to shape them more freely. The users themselves can form new ways of gathering and sharing knowledge with each other. The library is their tool to be interpreted.
Location: Daegu, South Korea
Scale: 3,500 sqm
Client: City of Daegu
Collaboration: Artur Borejszo, Ignas Uogintas, Dalia Zakaite, and Grisha Zotov
https://landandcc.com/library-korea

16/05/2025

Jason and Richard were honored to join the Hainan Provincial Urban Planning Association held the China-Hainan-Netherlands Planning Academic Exchange Conference with the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Guangzhou and the Hainan Provincial Planning Exhibition Hall with a view to openness and cooperation. Focusing on the two themes of "Sustainable Urban Development: Comprehensive Management from Land Space to Coastal Zone" and "Adaptive Reuse, Placemaking and Cultural Heritage Protection", the conference aims to promote exchanges and mutual learning between Hainan and the Netherlands in the fields of planning and design, ecological protection and development, and coastal tourism historical and cultural protection, and the research results obtained will lay the foundation for further promoting international cooperation.
They shared a presentation on "Sustainable Innovation in Sectors: Dutch Experience and Chinese Characteristics". He shared the practical experience of cross-sector sustainable innovation, combined with the Dutch experience and Chinese characteristics, focusing on urban renewal, public space optimization and science and technology city construction. At the same time, several competitions and research projects were held to showcase Land+CC's innovations in recent years.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EIp6bMIKy2u_Wa8QHKNMLw

08/05/2025

In the Greek Islands, one can see the impact of a robust water based [ferry/pier] transport infrastructure network. Similar to the Greater Bay Area, the Greek Islands heritage of linkages to these networks is evident. But we still have much to learn from their multiple layers of networks. Particularly from their leveraging it for sustainable development and water based TOD models.

01/05/2025

Our founder Jason has been doing some traveling/research. His current movements through Greece have focused on ideas of the cultural landscape and how we thinking larger about our layers of heritage and the modern city, particularly in regards to topographical challenges.

23/04/2025

Our Founder Jason was recently in Kolkata, India. This is a hub for the yearly Durga Puja Festival. The preparations are year round. The 'idols' for the event are composed of clay, hay and paint. After the event these are disolved back into the river, returning them from where they came. The community that makes these pandals can be visited to see the production. This cyclical system of making for a temporal event is very inspiring to how we think of how are cities are composed of people, places, and cultures.

10/04/2025

Jason was honored to share LCC's works at CityU HK this morning.

01/04/2025

a little visual update of construction in progress on our 'Bao'an West Line Park'. aka... linear park under/adjacent to a freeway in west Shenzhen.

27/03/2025

For a transforming village in central china, we developed a strategy to take enhance its natural context. Further set up a series of frameworks for new development, all the while leveraging these ideas to invest and upgrade in the existing village and citizens.

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