Places of Edification

Towards a new urban nature connection

Master thesis (2024)

Authors

D. Oort Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

E.I. Ronner Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
L.G.A.J. Reinders Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
J.W. Lafeber Teachers of Practice / AE+T - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

25-06-2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This graduation projects aims to raise a discussion around the urgency of restoring connection between humans and nature, especially in our current day cities. Dealing with a post-industrial site in Brussels that turned into an accidental nature reserve, it tries to mediate between the need for housing and the importance of nature in cities. It proposes a program of nature education, where education becomes a missing link between the city and the landscape, adopting the landscape as a botanical garden of sorts. In a spatial sense, it tries to form a connection between the city and the landscape through a sequence of different defined garden spaces, transitioning from an urban architectural language into a more rural expression.