The food production experience

The food production experience

Fritschy, Kees (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Snijders, Anne (mentor)
Tomesen, Paddy (mentor)
de Krieger, Jos (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

2020-01-24

Since the mining industry closed down in the 60’s, the Parkstad region is searching for a new sources of income and a corresponding identity. This project proposes a ‘’food experience’’ that includes participating in growing and processing while being in a natural environment. Before industrial food production became the standard, people had closer relation with their food production. It provided not just food but also occupation, a sense of belonging and the feeling of being part of a community. Now the current system is showing its shortcomings, we start to rethink the industrial production system. As reaction to the current agricultural system. There has been an pioneering movement where a variety of nature is combined with agriculture to create a productive landscape. In this food forest different edible plants are combined to form a complete ecosystem that produces food all year long. The plants and animals form symbioses like in a normal forest, resulting in an healthy productive biodiverse landscape. The architectural principle proposes a relation to the landscape, support a collaborative food production system as well as providing a qualitative experience. In the context of the village this will be a motor for local development, both economic and social. In the context of Limburg the project proposed an alternative agricultural model that brings food and people together.

#foodproduction
#heritage
#agroforestry
#southlimburg
#experience
#participation

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Student theses

master thesis

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