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F.E.M. van Hoorn
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PRATUM HABITATS
A habitat for all
This thesis explores the possibility of designing dwellings with the current inhabitants, the animals, in mind first. Over the past 50 years, wildlife has decreased by 73%, while the human population continues to grow and take more and more of the land, further destroying the nature that we depend on. This thesis aims to raise awareness of the design process and start integrating other animals into it as soon as possible, with the aim of reducing the impact of building in nature. The Midden-Delfland area has been chosen as a case study to explore this issue, with the focus being on the ‘Delfland Small Five’ to gather information on designing for them.
The main question is: How can architectural design principles be created to promote biodiversity in Midden-Delfland while looking at the Small five, while recognizing that different species respond differently to different densities?
To achieve this, literature studies have been conducted to gain insight into the lives of the Delfland Small Five, while case studies have been analysed to gather information on similar buildings. The worlds of humans and animals can complement each other through dwellings designed to blend into the landscape, preventing visual disturbance for some species and enriching or limiting the vegetation required by others. This, combined with careful maintenance, can ensure that habitats are sustained. It must be kept in mind that these principles have not yet been tested in real life, and that they should be tested in a real environment to ensure the results are feasible.
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The main question is: How can architectural design principles be created to promote biodiversity in Midden-Delfland while looking at the Small five, while recognizing that different species respond differently to different densities?
To achieve this, literature studies have been conducted to gain insight into the lives of the Delfland Small Five, while case studies have been analysed to gather information on similar buildings. The worlds of humans and animals can complement each other through dwellings designed to blend into the landscape, preventing visual disturbance for some species and enriching or limiting the vegetation required by others. This, combined with careful maintenance, can ensure that habitats are sustained. It must be kept in mind that these principles have not yet been tested in real life, and that they should be tested in a real environment to ensure the results are feasible.
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This thesis explores the possibility of designing dwellings with the current inhabitants, the animals, in mind first. Over the past 50 years, wildlife has decreased by 73%, while the human population continues to grow and take more and more of the land, further destroying the nature that we depend on. This thesis aims to raise awareness of the design process and start integrating other animals into it as soon as possible, with the aim of reducing the impact of building in nature. The Midden-Delfland area has been chosen as a case study to explore this issue, with the focus being on the ‘Delfland Small Five’ to gather information on designing for them.
The main question is: How can architectural design principles be created to promote biodiversity in Midden-Delfland while looking at the Small five, while recognizing that different species respond differently to different densities?
To achieve this, literature studies have been conducted to gain insight into the lives of the Delfland Small Five, while case studies have been analysed to gather information on similar buildings. The worlds of humans and animals can complement each other through dwellings designed to blend into the landscape, preventing visual disturbance for some species and enriching or limiting the vegetation required by others. This, combined with careful maintenance, can ensure that habitats are sustained. It must be kept in mind that these principles have not yet been tested in real life, and that they should be tested in a real environment to ensure the results are feasible.
The main question is: How can architectural design principles be created to promote biodiversity in Midden-Delfland while looking at the Small five, while recognizing that different species respond differently to different densities?
To achieve this, literature studies have been conducted to gain insight into the lives of the Delfland Small Five, while case studies have been analysed to gather information on similar buildings. The worlds of humans and animals can complement each other through dwellings designed to blend into the landscape, preventing visual disturbance for some species and enriching or limiting the vegetation required by others. This, combined with careful maintenance, can ensure that habitats are sustained. It must be kept in mind that these principles have not yet been tested in real life, and that they should be tested in a real environment to ensure the results are feasible.
The Art Nouveau style included elaborate ornamentation on the façade. The style had a brief flowering around 1900. A few years later, Modernism came along and sought an abomination of ornamentation. Around the time of Art Nouveau, the City of Paris introduced the Concours de la façades de la ville de Paris, a competition to restore diversity to the city’s façades after Haussmann’s monotonous ones. Each year, the Concours published its reasons for holding the competition and the uniqueness of the winning façades, together with photographs or drawings of the building. The winning façades have different stylistic influences, such as Art Nouveau and aspects of Modernism in the ornamentation of materials, construction and windows. The Concours is used to understand the rapid change in the use and role of ornamentation in materials, construction and windows, and whether Art Nouveau was a cause of the lack of ornamentation in Modernism. Surprisingly, the Concours is a rarely used research source and is the main source of this thesis, after other books, architects’ manifestos and (historical) photographs and an analysis. Modernism seems to have been a reaction to Art Nouveau, as their views on the ornamentation of materials, structural elements and windows are contradictory. Nowadays, the role of ornament is often discussed and the ideas of Art Nouveau versus Modernism could contribute to this discussion.
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The Art Nouveau style included elaborate ornamentation on the façade. The style had a brief flowering around 1900. A few years later, Modernism came along and sought an abomination of ornamentation. Around the time of Art Nouveau, the City of Paris introduced the Concours de la façades de la ville de Paris, a competition to restore diversity to the city’s façades after Haussmann’s monotonous ones. Each year, the Concours published its reasons for holding the competition and the uniqueness of the winning façades, together with photographs or drawings of the building. The winning façades have different stylistic influences, such as Art Nouveau and aspects of Modernism in the ornamentation of materials, construction and windows. The Concours is used to understand the rapid change in the use and role of ornamentation in materials, construction and windows, and whether Art Nouveau was a cause of the lack of ornamentation in Modernism. Surprisingly, the Concours is a rarely used research source and is the main source of this thesis, after other books, architects’ manifestos and (historical) photographs and an analysis. Modernism seems to have been a reaction to Art Nouveau, as their views on the ornamentation of materials, structural elements and windows are contradictory. Nowadays, the role of ornament is often discussed and the ideas of Art Nouveau versus Modernism could contribute to this discussion.