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 The cpuls (continuous productive urban landscapes) project is a research project on possible levels of sustainability of the future city. The cpuls (continuous productive urban landscapes) project is a research project on possible levels of sustainability of the future city.
-More specific, it takes a closer look at models of urban gardening and urban agriculture and the relation of these models to public space.+More specific, it takes a closer look at models of urban gardening and urban agriculture and examines how communities occupy with these activities the (unused) public space. 
 +How much 'green space' is still available in the city, and what is the best possible interpretation we can give to these liminal places? Can we come up with new models for building a more resilient, sustainable and ecological society?
  
-How much 'green space' is still available in the city? What is the best possible content, what are the most valuable projects we can give to these leftover spaces? 
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 Introducing urban voids** Introducing urban voids**
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 An investigation into the approaches and methods employed by these actors, that we then could call ’tactical urbanists’, reveals that ‘temporary use of urban voids’ is one of the tools that is commonly adopted by them. The potential of voids to act as ‘heterotopia’, ‘liminal places’, ‘thirdspaces’ and/or ‘terrains vagues’ is then exactly what they are taking advantage of. An investigation into the approaches and methods employed by these actors, that we then could call ’tactical urbanists’, reveals that ‘temporary use of urban voids’ is one of the tools that is commonly adopted by them. The potential of voids to act as ‘heterotopia’, ‘liminal places’, ‘thirdspaces’ and/or ‘terrains vagues’ is then exactly what they are taking advantage of.
  
-excerpts from 'learning from tactical approaches to urban voids' +//excerpts from 'learning from tactical approaches to urban voids' 
-a PhD project by Aurelie De Smet+a PhD project by Aurelie De Smet//
  
 full text for download here: {{::ua:urban-voids.pdf|Learning form tactical approaches to urban voids}} full text for download here: {{::ua:urban-voids.pdf|Learning form tactical approaches to urban voids}}
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