
About me
Dick is a senior traffic engineer and urban designer with almost 20 years of experience. He is specialized in bridging the gap between traffic and public space, between 'flowing' and 'staying'. It is never only just about cars or traffic, but always involves the human condition. Designing is about interaction between people on the street, whether they are walking, on a bicycle, in a car, in public transport or just idling along. Street design is never a blueprint; guidelines are a starting point, not a finish line.
With his holistic view, his enthusiasm, his creativity and his thinking 'out-of-the-box', Dick has been a driver for change at many complex challenges in public space. Dick has an extensive portfolio with studies and actually build design projects throughout the Netherlands, Europe and North-America. The insights collected through this broad international experience works both ways: it refreshes the way Dick looks at projects 'at home' in the Netherlands, while it offers smart insights in how to plug in that Dutch knowledge in international projects. Dick is an experienced speaker at conferences and events, as well as a trainer and coach at design charettes.
If you are interested in exploring some of Dick's projects, please click here.
Blog
Dickvanveen (re)joins the Dutch Cycling Embassy
Dickvanveen has (re)joined the Dutch Cycling Embassy. This network collective of public and private organisations from the Netherlands who wish to share their expertise on building what supports the Dutch cycling culture to those interested. Read more
Free online course on "how to design a woonerf'
2 million of the 9 million houses in the Netherlands are build in a so called 'woonerf'. This special and unique streetscape allows for placemaking to happen, by reducing the dominance of the car. Read more

Approach
Dickvanveen is offering support in street design and design of public space. Dick's creativity and extensive knowledge often inspires change and beyond-the-book solutions in the earlier design phases, from developing conceptual ideas and sketches to elaborate preliminary drawings. Dick is most happy when working in an integral team, striving to bring projects at least one step further than the usual, through workshops and design charrettes.
Dick is a strong believer in the value of network organizations. Therefore, for each project he gathers the right set of partners and partner-companies around him. Together, they design streets, squares, parks, bicycle lanes, home zones, main streets and pedestrian areas. All focused around that one central goal: improving the livable, inclusive, healthy environment as the podium for people to work, meet, recreate and simply live as they please.
Projects
Contact
Dickvanveen Street Design Public Space
Van Beethovenlaan 35
3741 HX Baarn, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 41 96 88 97
E-mail: info@dickvanveen.nl
