A new layer of Icelandic identity
The Icelandic landscape is facing increased pressure in a geopolitical situation where energy policies and increasing tourism lead to infrastructural development and ecological adaptation. Tectonic plates and glaciers create renewable Energy industries in Iceland. They rely on considerable renewable …
2019Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
Time for time
Early landscape designers were very aware of the fact that time is a key feature of landscape and of landscape architecture. Today, practising landscape architects will confirm the importance of time in landscape. However, both in the drawings and in the actual proposals of today's practitioners, aspects …
2018-10-26Taal, Cultuur & KunstenArtikel
Cultural outreach on the Grodzka Island
Although Grodzka Island is located in the heart of the city, many citizens of Szczecin have forgotten this piece of land. The island is surrounded by a very strong historical context of the popular cultural centre and an upcoming new hotspot in the city: the post-industrial harbour. Today, the city of …
2018-10-03Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
Le Front Pépinière
Le Front Pépinière gaat over de forten rond Parijs. Een fascinatie voor oude kaarten ligt aan het plan ten grondslag. Oude foto’s laten de mooie, complexe en mysterieuze ruimtes van de forten zien: een fort is landschap en gebouw tegelijkertijd. Tegenwoordig zijn de forten verlaten en overwoekerd met …
2018-07-18Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
Evolving Lower Guadiana
The project consists of a regional strategy for the Bajo Guadiana River Valley, in the southern border in between Portugal and Spain. Developed in three steps: Landscape Regeneration, Sustainable Local Production, Green-Blue Accessibility. Analyzing the area, it is clear that the current use of the …
2018-07-18Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
The eternal city Rome
According to myth, Rome was created more than 2,500 years ago on two hills. Romulus climbed the Palantine Hill and Remus took up position on a nearby hill, the Aventine Hill. From here, the city grew over seven hills into an unprecedented metropolis. Two millennia later, its inhabitants have barely …
2018-07-16Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
De hybride stad
The Hybrid City’ proves that there are alternative ways to compact cities without compromising the quality of life, affordability, health and accessibility of the city. For this we have to review conventional ways of housing and living together. Network economies, the rise of digital possibilities and …
2018-06-15Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
Landscape as house
”Landscape as House” is about animating my families landscape through a new form of topographic living: a frag-mented house embedded into forests, meadows and the village. This house creates a life constituted of movement through landscape, on the scale of a farmers ground, with rooms inhabiting its …
2017-12-13Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
Tirana, the informal city and it's public space
Tirana is the capital of Albania. A country that was completely isolated from Europe after the Second World War, as a result of the communist regime. When the communist government was dissolved in 1991, this resulted in large-scale migration. Albanians moved abroad, but also to the capital Tirana in …
2017-09-20Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster
Live circular
Compost is an ecological way to turn waste into soil. By transforming the abandoned Sparrenkade Powerhouse into a CEC (composting experience center) it will become the kick-starter of an urban ecosystem. The CEC is located opposite the city's waste disposal company, which will later become a demonstration …
2017-06-23Taal, Cultuur & KunstenMaster