{"id":6467,"date":"2025-04-14T07:18:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/20years.enterthemothership.com\/portfolio\/id-rather-be-a-forest-than-a-street\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:00:52","slug":"id-rather-be-a-forest-than-a-street","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/spectrum.enterthemothership.com\/en\/portfolio\/id-rather-be-a-forest-than-a-street\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019d Rather Be a Forest than a Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; inverted_device_order=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;343319&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_gallery el_id=&#8221;gallery-108155&#8243; medias=&#8221;6472,6471&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; media_items=&#8221;media|lightbox|original,icon,caption&#8221; screen_lg=&#8221;1000&#8243; screen_md=&#8221;600&#8243; screen_sm=&#8221;480&#8243; images_size=&#8221;four-three&#8221; single_overlay_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; single_h_align=&#8221;right&#8221; single_v_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; single_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; single_title_dimension=&#8221;h3&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;932074&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;1&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;162733&#8243; el_class=&#8221;info&#8221;][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;233386&#8243;]This is a custom heading element&#8230;[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_raw_html]W3BvcnRmb2xpb19pbmZvXQ==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;169074&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"446\">In 2011, the fa\u00e7ade of Rotterdam\u2019s city hall annex received a remarkable transformation through the project I\u2019d Rather Be a Forest than a Street by 2012Architecten. 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