Foodbanism

Strategy of healthy green future for Rotterdam Zuid

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

R. Wu Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

J.R.T. van der Velde (supervisor 1)
F.F. Colombo (supervisor 1)
C.H.E. van Ees (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2017 Ruojing Wu
Strategic planning Landscape Urban agriculture Green infrastructure
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Published Date

30-06-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The project seeks a strategic planning of integrating urban agriculture into part of the green infrastructure for Rotterdam Zuid, which hopes to open up the possibilities of urban agriculture to inspire people like planners, decision makers and residents. The proposal based on the collaborative communication combining the supportive policy, spatial feasibility and the participation of citizens. The vision embeds a city-scale green network within the city, reconfiguring the relationship between the existing landscape and the potential leftover space. The healthy green network contains agricultural and nonagricultural programs, where the interaction between urban agriculture and other green infrastructure enriches the activities and experience in the city. The project aims to generate a large scale, long-term and flexible vision as well as a set of spatial tools of urban agriculture to elaborate into the large-scale vision. The vision requires an operational system that intersects top-down mechanisms and bottom-up initiatives.