Mascha Onderwater was born in Heemstede, surrounded by the famous Dutch flower bulb fields. She went to Larenstein International Agricultural College in Velp and graduated in technical subjects. After that she studied landscape architecture at the Berlage institute in Rotterdam and the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. Mascha has vast experience with complex urban design and landscape transformations, like the expansion of sea locks, the transformation of industrial sites and the regeneration of urban areas. She is a member of the Bureau B+B management team and often gives lectures in the Netherlands and abroad. Mascha searches for simple, powerful interventions that capitalise the logic and identity of a place.