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_AFSTUDEERWERK_ door Stijn Lanters
Porto’s scenic landscape is very easy to fall in love with, with its winding river, picturesque city centre glued to the escarpment and vistas to the sea. You easily get mesmerized by its charm. However, it is a superficiality that hides the complex situation the city is dealing with.
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_ARTIKEL_ door Kai van Reenen
After the course ‘Landscape Aesthetics’ in the WUR bachelor program of Landscape Architecture, students wrote essays on their insight and perception of aesthetics. TOPOS will publish three views on aesthetics in a series.
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_AFSTUDEERWERK_ door Jolanda de Jong
Why do landscape architects not always consider the physical model (“maquette”) as a design tool in the explorative phases of the design process? There must be a reason for this – or even better: a solution to it. In order to explore the physical model as a design tool for the explorative design phases in dynamic landscape design. To grasp – at least a small part of – the design process.
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_ARTIKEL_ door Alex van Zyl
After the course ‘Landscape Aesthetics’ in the WUR bachelor program of Landscape Architecture, students wrote essays on their insight and perception of aesthetics. TOPOS will publish three views on aesthetics in a series.
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_COLUMN_ door Marleen Buizer
Hoe kán er iets zijn met concepten, het zijn ‘maar’ verwijzingen, zoals ieder woord. Sommige concepten zijn overdonderend in hun werking – neem duurzame ontwikkeling, dat houdt het al decennia lang vol en mobiliseert jan en alleman om duurzaamheid te omarmen.
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_ARTIKEL_ door Niki Kampen
After the course ‘Landscape Aesthetics’ in the WUR bachelor program of Landscape Architecture, students wrote essays on their insight and perception of aesthetics. TOPOS will publish three views on aesthetics in a series.
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_AFSTUDEERWERK_ door Josje Hoefsloot
The percentage of the African population living in informal settlements is increasing. The quality of the public spaces in these informal settlements is decreasing because of uncontrolled open defecation, waste dumping and lack of a sewage system. This thesis is a research in how existing public spaces can be protected, improved and used to improve the urban metabolism in Tete, Mozambique.
As continuation of the Roaring Reporters series, a report of the situation during winter in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital. The city’s climate and latitude have caused a certain urban culture that deals with the challenges posed by a long and dark winter. But not everyone can harness themselves against the cold in Stockholm.
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_ARTIKEL_ door Michael van Buuren
This year we celebrate 100 years Wageningen University, but wat about 100 years of landscape architecture in Wageningen? As landscape architects we have to be conscious of the tradition we stand in, and who’s shoulders we stand on. To refresh our memory Topos asked Michael van Buuren (Alterra) to write this article about 100 years of landscape architecture in Wageningen. Here is part 2!