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=====the edible city===== | =====the edible city===== | ||
- | A third of the world population (regardless of geopgraphic location or nationality) is moving from rural areas to the cities, within one generation the global urban population is expected to double. Today, almost 80% of europeans live and work inurban | + | A third of the world population (regardless of geopgraphic location or nationality) is moving from rural areas to the cities, within one generation the global urban population is expected to double. Today, almost 80% of europeans live and work in urban agglomerations. This raises a great deal of social, economical and environmental issues. How do cities deal with these facts, now and for the future? |
Growing Food for the Hungry City is an OpenGreens project that researches the possibilities of Urban Agriculture and the green zones in the future city. Can cities secure their food security? How participative are the citizens? What is the motivation of the do-ers, the collectives of citizens? How do collectives, | Growing Food for the Hungry City is an OpenGreens project that researches the possibilities of Urban Agriculture and the green zones in the future city. Can cities secure their food security? How participative are the citizens? What is the motivation of the do-ers, the collectives of citizens? How do collectives, | ||
- | The thread of this project is the creation of 1 OpenGreen | + | The thread of this project is the creation of an OpenGreen |
=====TAZ: urban voids, temporary autonomous zones===== | =====TAZ: urban voids, temporary autonomous zones===== | ||
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Re-appropriation and reincorporation of these spaces is time-consuming. First of all our society doesn’t always have well-defined purposes for these places. But even if there is a clear plan, the realization of any spatial redevelopment project is always preceded by a (sometimes very lengthy) phase of conceptualization, | Re-appropriation and reincorporation of these spaces is time-consuming. First of all our society doesn’t always have well-defined purposes for these places. But even if there is a clear plan, the realization of any spatial redevelopment project is always preceded by a (sometimes very lengthy) phase of conceptualization, | ||
This is why there will always be a number of urban spaces that are temporarily ‘in transition’. These are the places we are focusing on: abandoned by their previous users and not adapted to the demands of the current society, these places seem unsuitable or undesirable in the mainstream economic cycle. Because of this, they often (temporarily) slip out of the main urban actors’ notice and are left behind with little or no use - we could therefore say that they are ‘temporary out of use’. They consist of large or small scale places, public or private and built or un-built, which are in some kind of in-between phase - a pause - in functionality. Therefore these spaces can be described as ‘pause-land/ | This is why there will always be a number of urban spaces that are temporarily ‘in transition’. These are the places we are focusing on: abandoned by their previous users and not adapted to the demands of the current society, these places seem unsuitable or undesirable in the mainstream economic cycle. Because of this, they often (temporarily) slip out of the main urban actors’ notice and are left behind with little or no use - we could therefore say that they are ‘temporary out of use’. They consist of large or small scale places, public or private and built or un-built, which are in some kind of in-between phase - a pause - in functionality. Therefore these spaces can be described as ‘pause-land/ | ||
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+ | =====tactical urbanism: reclaim the rooftops!===== | ||
As mentioned earlier, quite recently we observed the emergence of a broad range of urban activism emerging worldwide. These civil initiatives oriented towards spatial planning and urban redevelopment, | As mentioned earlier, quite recently we observed the emergence of a broad range of urban activism emerging worldwide. These civil initiatives oriented towards spatial planning and urban redevelopment, | ||
An investigation into the approaches and methods employed by these actors, that we then could call ’tactical urbanists’, | An investigation into the approaches and methods employed by these actors, that we then could call ’tactical urbanists’, | ||
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* dead bees with their descriptions | * dead bees with their descriptions | ||
We can compare the data of the different Time Capsules and check and compare the emergent patterns: | We can compare the data of the different Time Capsules and check and compare the emergent patterns: | ||
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Emerging is an interdisciplinary dialogue whereby philosophy and literature would learn from each other to think about, imagine, and describe, vegetal life with critical awareness, conceptual rigor, and ethical sensitivity. Literary works featuring plant imagery may be analyzed with reference to philosophical frameworks, while philosophical discussions of the meanings of vegetal life may be enriched and supported with the tools of literary criticism. Another dialogic dimension of the series entails a sustained engagement between Western and non-Western philosophies and religious traditions, representative of the human attitudes to plants. This “cross-pollination” of different fields of knowledge and experience will become possible thanks to the fundamental role plants play in human life, regardless of their backgrounding or neglect. | Emerging is an interdisciplinary dialogue whereby philosophy and literature would learn from each other to think about, imagine, and describe, vegetal life with critical awareness, conceptual rigor, and ethical sensitivity. Literary works featuring plant imagery may be analyzed with reference to philosophical frameworks, while philosophical discussions of the meanings of vegetal life may be enriched and supported with the tools of literary criticism. Another dialogic dimension of the series entails a sustained engagement between Western and non-Western philosophies and religious traditions, representative of the human attitudes to plants. This “cross-pollination” of different fields of knowledge and experience will become possible thanks to the fundamental role plants play in human life, regardless of their backgrounding or neglect. | ||
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* participating gardens => active creative expressions of the participating inhabitants, | * participating gardens => active creative expressions of the participating inhabitants, | ||
* social awareness raising : human activity that strives to (re)structure and (re)shape society and the environment | * social awareness raising : human activity that strives to (re)structure and (re)shape society and the environment | ||
- | * knowledger | + | * knowledge |
corridors as artworks | corridors as artworks |
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