Terraforming

Terraforming: Reclaiming post-mining territory as an unfinished laboratory for an integrative transformation

Lachtara, Damian (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Alkan, A.S. (mentor)
Kuzniecow Bacchin, T. (mentor)
Speksnijder, F.J. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Explorelab

2022-06-30

The departure from coal in Poland results in the process of decommissioning the underground coal mines. These, based in the region of Upper Silesia, recently undergo a paradigm shift ‘from mining coal to mining water’, as the discharge of the groundwaters is crucial for underground security.

Rather than an obstacle, the discharged groundwaters, along with the post-mining infrastructure, can be treated as an asset for the systemic remediation of the post-mining territory. Thus, the preliminary research is structured around multiscalar remediation that considers the degraded environment, local society, and mindset. The subsequent design project entails a systemic intervention at the intersection of land- and built forms aimed at the multilayered remediation where water constitutes both the axis and the core of the unfinished terraforming laboratory.

post-mining
territory
remediation
soil
water
integrative

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Student theses

master thesis

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