This document compares and contrasts two urban parks - Vondelpark in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Taman Wetlands in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Vondelpark is a 47 hectare park established in 1865 that hosts over 1 million visitors annually, while Taman Wetlands is a larger 2,115 hectare man-made wetland built in 1997 that aims to preserve natural wildlife habitats. Both parks offer passive recreational activities like walking and picnicking, but Taman Wetlands also supports active activities like kayaking and birdwatching due to its wetland environment.

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TAMAN WETLANDS VS. VONDELPARK

2. • A medium-size site located in urban areas and
close to major cities
• Transport interchanges
• An active activity center for urban residents
• Acceptable distance between 5.0 km to 10.0
km from residential areas
• Size of the area approximately within 40
hectares to 100 hectares
• Able to cater population size of 50,000 and
above
DEFINITION

3. INTRODUCTION

4. VONDELPARK
Located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The park
was originally named Nieuwe Park, but later on
renamed to “Vondelpark” after the late Van den
Vondel. The park expands to 47 hectares and
has over a million of visitors per year. L.P.Zocher
was the park’s landscape architect and was
awarded with national heritage status.

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TAMAN WETLAND
Putrajaya Wetlands in Putrajaya, Malaysia is
accepted to be the biggest built
freshwater wetlands in the tropics. It is
the first man-made wetland in Malaysia,
which incorporates a Wetland Park (138
hectares) and the wetland regions
(1977 hectares). The Wetland now is
additionally a natural life asylum which
draws in an enormous assortment of
creatures to the consolidated physical sea-
going nature's turf.

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8. VONDELPARK

10. NETHERLANDS

11. MALAYSIA

13. TAMAN WETLANDS

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PicnicArea
Barbecue Area
Cycling path
Jogging & Walkingpath
Wetlands
Characteristics

17. ACTIVITIES
Active:
Cycling
Passive:
Walking or Jogging
Relaxing Yoga
Picnicking

18. DIFFERENCES

19. CHARACTERISTICS
VONDELPARK TAMAN WETLANDS
Open-air Theatre 18m Look-out tower
Rose Gardens Nature Trails
Sculptures (Joost van den Vondel, The Fish, Mama
Baranska)
Fields (Padang Merbuk, Padang Semarak)
Muddy Damp Area Flamingo Pond
Horeca
Children’s Playground
Blauwe Theehuis (“Blue Tea House”)

20. Blauwe Theehuis
(Blue Tea House)
VONDELPARK

21. The 18m Look-Out Tower
TAMAN WETLANDS

22. Joost Van Den Vondel Sculpture
VONDELPARK

23. ACTIVITIES
VONDELPARK TAMAN WETLANDS
Active Passive Active Passive
In-line skating Concerts Camping Bird-watching
Soccer Sunbathing Kayaking Photography
Marathons Boat Paddling
Horse riding Exploration Activities
Golf Canoeing

24. In-line Skating
VONDELPARK

25. Kayaking
TAMAN WETLANDS

26. Boat Paddling
TAMAN WETLANDS

27. Concerts, Open Air
Theatre
VONDELPARK

28. HISTORY
VONDELPARK
• Group of prominent Amsterdam citizens formed and raised money
for architect David Zocher to design the park in a fashionable
English landscape style
• The park had horseback riding back in 1865
• The name Vondelpark was adopted in 1867 when Dutch poet Joost
van den Vondel’s statue was situated into the park itself.
• In 1877, the committee raised fund to enlarge the park and it
reached its current space 45 hectares.
• One year later in 1937, the Blauwe Theehuis (English: "Blue Tea
House") was opened. This tearoom is a round modernist building,
designed by the architectural office Baanders.
• The Vondelpark received the status of riiksmonument (English: "state
monument") in 1996.
• Starting in September 2008, adults were planned to be legally
allowed to have sex in the park. The sex must be limited to the
evening hours and night.", in the words of current
Amsterdam Alderman Paul Van Grieken. However, Amsterdam
Police announced that they would not in fact tolerate this as the
law required them to prevent it.

29. HISTORY
TAMANWETLANDS
• Putrajaya Wetland started to be constructed in 1997 and fully completed in 2002.
• All the planning and design of Putrajaya Wetland were managed by Putrajaya
Holding on behalf of Putrajaya Cooperation
• Upon the completion, Putrajaya Wetland is managed and operated by
Putrajaya Cooperation under the Town Planning Department, Division of
Environment, Lake and Wetlands as well the Landscape and Parks Department

30. SITECONTEXT
VONDELPARK
• Gerard Brandtstraat 7 street.
• Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat 166 street.
• Koninginneweg 2I street.
• Stadhouderskade 21F.
• Amsterdam, Stadhouderskade (Stadhouderskade) Bus Stop.
• Amsterdam, Jan Pieter Heijestraat (Overtoom).

31. SITECONTEXT
TAMANWETLANDS
• Putrajaya Marriott Hotel
• Midori Restaurant
• Persiaran Persekutuan
• Lembah Klang Selatan Hwy
• Persiaran Utara
• Palm Garden Hotel
• Palm Garden Golf Club

32. REFERENCE
 http://www.greeningofcities.org/case-studies/putrajaya-wetland-malaysia/
 http://www.putrajaya.gov.my/tourist/attractions/parks_landscapes/taman_wetland
 http://www.malaysia-traveller.com/taman-wetlands.html
 http://www.dslrfanclub.com/blogs/thomass-blog/657-putrajaya-wetland-park.html
 http://www.amsterdam-advisor.com/vondelpark-amsterdam.html
 http://goamsterdam.about.com/od/whattodoinamsterdam/p/Visitors-Guide-To-The-
Vondelpark.htm
 http://blog.laterooms.com/2013/02/a-lazy-afternoon-around-amsterdams-
vondelpark/
 http://www.amsterdam.info/parks/vondelpark/