new zeeland Code 072 dutch polder culture asinner colonisationis completedithe 21st century will see outer colonisation extending the national envelopeithisin mind the strategy for new zeeland can rejuvenate the dutch collective urban and social achievementsigivingindividual groups the space and liberty to start again out west new zeeland - individual motivation is the conceptual point of departure and the driving force for this transformation of the coastline into a beautiful oceanscape - as a strategy not a design - let's say Susie Blitz is looking for a place to build their own house with Robert Rodenrys - they have the choice between actively supporting the urban sprawl or live the concept of density still rarely attractive - in any case many rules apply and the terrain for self initiative is not existing - in new zeeland Susie and Robert pay only for the infrastrucural piece (steet+site) onto which they will build their individual house - it will be less expensive than in most areas of the randstad - additionally they get the right to market the next site - they actually make money off that - last but not least the oceanscape in front of their house belongs to them - they are free to attach gardens or boat dockings to it within a set parameter - actually the development of the fingers is supervised only in security and infrastructural aspects - no architectural rules apply - potential stretches of oceanfront for these developments are advertised nationally and as soon as some clients sign in for a particular site devellopment begins - within 1 year after signing the infrastructure is built - some projects will grow faster than others - over time fingers extend into the ocean - some of the ocean pockets framed by two fingers will be filled creating public infrastructures (educational facilities, spaces for sports and recreational parks) - the tradition of classic land reclamation is turned into a linear strategy of a larger scale - orthogonal to the coast like an inverse zeeland - amfibisch pioneers going west This is no classic mega project like an airport city in the ocean - it is a transformation of the coastline over time whose potentials are evident and whose implications can be tested - the strategy awaits it's pilot project