Nurture in Nature
Contributing to childhood development in Bressoux & Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity
J. Ooijevaar (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
PELJC Vermeulen – Mentor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
E.P.N. Schreurs – Mentor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
A.B.J. van Deudekom – Mentor (TU Delft - Architectural Technology)
R.M. van der Schans – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / A)
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Abstract
'The Scarred City', the theme of the Urban Architecture graduation studio in 2022/2023. This location-based studio started with Droixhe/Bressoux, a troublesome and difficult area in Liège (Belgium), as the overarching project site. Starting with fieldwork and participatory research into the hidden social structures of Bressoux and Droixhe and resulting in the importance and absence of nature in the area and its relevance, this thesis grew into a project aiming to contribute to childhood development in Bressoux and Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity. Drawing workshops on the theme: 'what is nature?' with primary schools in Rotterdam, in comparable demographic neighbourhoods, where key to understanding children's perception of nature and observing their nature connectivity and inspired and aided in the design of a children’s community/leisure centre in Park de l’Oasis. A building which functions as the anchor between child and nature and where the design and its current natural environment go hand in hand to achieve the project’s aim.