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Campanhã Urban Park: activating the potential of the terrain vague
_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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Conceptencultus (deel 1)
_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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A landscape framework for informal settlements to facilitate urban metabolism in Tete, Mozambique
_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.
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100 years of Landscape Architecture in Wageningen? Pt.2
_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!
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100 Years of Landscape Architecture in Wageningen? Pt. 1
_ARTIKEL_ by 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 1, next week part 2.
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Razende Reporters – Narva, a city on the edge
_COLUMN_ by Tim den Duijf Since this year, Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning students report from a broad scope of places where they are based during their international exchange. This results in a series of local reports concerning spacial issues from around the globe. This time Tim den Duijf reports from the far end of Europe.
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Symposium Virtual Landscapes
_COLUMN_ door Nienke Schaars en Gerben Hartgerink Verslag van het Symposium over Virtual Landscapes op 14 maart 2017, georganiseerd door BuitelHucht en TOPOS. Met Ron van Lammeren als moderator spraken hier Neelson Witte, Joske Houtkamp en Jolanda de Jong.
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Culture as Base for Landscape Design
_AFSTUDEERWERK_ door Michelle Leemkuil A MSc-thesis on the case of an earthquake-safe community centre for the Nepali mountain village Ashapuri.
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Designing a Design-Thesis
_ARTICLE_ by Simon Swaffield Landscape Architecture students are often confused whether the thesis should be creative or scientific. Simon Swaffield, author of the book ‘Design Research’, provides us an insightful notion on how to design our design-thesis.
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Practice-based Planning for Urban Gardening
_AFSTUDEERWERK_ door Ioana Musat Urban gardening is a practice increasing in popularity in the Netherlands, especially in the city of Amsterdam. However there is little understanding about the social dimensions of urban gardening. Ioana Musat provides an insightful research in the ‘Boeletuin’ and a model for this new form of food planning.
