Samenvatting

This project comes forward out of a personal interest in, and the regular desire for, escaping the hectic pace of everyday life. A full agenda, a full head and the feeling of running after things and always running out of time are not only the characteristics of my current situation but the characteristics of today’s society in general. The desire, or sometimes even the necessity, to be able to “get away from it all” appears to play an increasingly important role in our contemporary society. To withdraw ourselves of the hectic pace of everyday life, we tend towards a more primitive way of living; We look for a way to reduce the envelopes and infrastructures that usually separate us from our environment. This “place” is often sought after in nature. However, in the Netherlands, the modern form of camping does not stimulate the relationship with the environment anymore like it used to do. This project is a search for a new camping typology which will stimulate the interaction of the visitor with the surroundings in order to withdraw a moment from our daily lives