Sand Engine
Facts
Client: Province of South-Holland
Location: Delfland Coast, the Netherlands
Completed: January 2009
The Sand Engine is the biggest Virtual Scale Model created to date, spanning from Hook of Holland to Kijkduin, The Hague.
The Sand Engine Virtual Scale Model was showcased at the World Water Forum in Instanbul in March 2009.
Impressions
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Sand
The Sand Engine is a pilot project in which 20 million cubical meters of sand will be superimposed as a super dune on the coastal system of Delfland. The Province of South-Holland has ordered 3D capacity to create a Virtual Scale Model, incorporating the entire coast from Hook of Holland to Kijkdijn, the Hague. For participation events, the presentation to the innovation platform and (international) events, one can navigate freely throughout the area and study the impact of the Sand Engine. An innovative project, presented in an innovative way!
Lifelike
"Once we had the Virtual Scale Model and all involved parties had the same lifelike reference image, debates about the Sand Engine took considerable less time." says Koen Oome, Employee Integral Water Policy and Program Manager Coast. "The texts and twodimensional images we used before, often lead to different interpretations."
Westenholte
Flood an area without wet feet? That is possible using the Virtual Scale Model of Westenholte.
Practical Experience
Our project was relatively large and important. The also were a lot of height differences in the ground plane. Nothing could have expressed this better than the Virtual Scale Model.
Marc Hulleman
Project Leader
Municipality of Breda
