M.Sc. Arend van der Kam

2025 - ongoing Member of Working Programme 'Young Landscape Architects and Emerging Professionals' at the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)

2024 - 2025 Landscape designer at Strootman Landscape Architects in Amsterdam.

2022 – 2025 Member of Working Group Young NVTL at the Dutch Association for Garden and Landscape Architecture (NVTL).

2017 – 2025 Founder of Studio Arend. Design studio for gardens and landscapes.

2021 – 2023 Student Assistant. Supporting various design studios and theoretical courses at Wageningen University & Research.

2020 – 2024 Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture at Wageningen University & Research. Internship at Karres + Brands.

2017 – 2018 Freelance designer at Buro Harro.

2012 – 2018 Bachelor's Degree in Garden and Landscape Design at University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein, Velp. Internship at Buro Harro. 

PhD researcher at the Doctoral Network “LANDLABS – Landscape Laboratories: Design strategies for sustainable and beautiful urban landscapes in the Anthropocene” (funded by the European Commission within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions)

Research Through Design methodology applied in landscape architecture research.

Design strategies and scenario development for landscape architecture in the Anthropocene, exploring philosophical approaches.

Planting design based on nature-based systems and ecological processes.