Together with Vendrig Leegwater Architecten, a proposal was developed for a new car park with a roof garden, a hotel and residential units on Schapenmarkt (Sheep Market) in Purmerend. Part of the tender was to incorporate the adjacent Singelpark, designed by Jan David Zocher, into this development.

The key to the design is to construct a two-storey, semi-underground car park. At street level, the car park is surrounded by spaces for socio-cultural activities, so as not to be visible from the street. The car park will be prefabricated, possibly in wood, in order to construct quickly and with minimal disruption to parking capacity during construction.

A compact building housing the hotel and the homes completes the adjacent block and provides a backdrop for the roof park. The hotel restaurant and a café are located next to the park.

Zocher’s notion of ‘garden gems’ is given new meaning. Smaller buildings, such as a youth club, fishing piers and a gazebo, may be located in the park. At the corner of the roof park is a prominent ‘city gem’ with a staircase leading up to the park. This fits into a diagonal pedestrian route from the canal park to the Koemarkt and gives the design its name: Sheep Gate.