According to the Van Dale dictionary of the Dutch language, a 'vonder’ is a plank bridge or a wooden walkway. It is no coincidence, of course, that Vonder’s head office is located in a business park with the same name, a reference to what was once a marshy landscape where the farms were in complete harmony with the environment. The concept of the “house by the water”, a house in its natural surroundings, is the basis for Vonder’s philosophy of design and business.