From planning to profiling: reactivating characteristic watermarks to structure the Flemish territory

Nolf, Christian; Meulder, Bruno De

doi:10.1080/18626033.2013.864123

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“…To that extent, the designs apply methods from the Water Urbanism roster such as re-naturalization of watercourses and remodelling riverbeds. As previously indicated by Nolf and de Meulder (Nolf and De Meulder 2013) the local topography -even the smallest height differences-is a key element for such design approach. In the SCRUL proposal 'Urban WaterLandscape', for example, the topography of the valley of the Eindergatloop is tweaked in order to create a 'floodscape'; a composition of the consecutive patches with varying flood frequencies (see fig.…”

Section: ) Remodelling the Campine Valleysmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Recent local researchers, within the field of design, adopted the integrated approach to floods in Flanders (Foré et al 2012;Nolf and De Meulder, 2013;Nolf, 2013;Putseys, 2013). Through 'research by design', they explore the re-establishment of a distinct water structure that (re)frames current urban sprawl and future urban development.…”

Section: Water Design 1) Floods Restructuring Sprawlmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Design workshops have been employed to explore complex spatial issues and to draft integrated design proposals; coastal safety and sea level rise in Christchurch and Groningen (Roggema 2014;Copley, Bowring and Abbott 2015), landscape enhancement in agro-industrial areas (Cox et al 2014), the Flemish garden complex (Dewaelheyns 2014), the Brussels rural-urban fringe (Vanempten 2014) and Beijings new urban countryside (Stokman, Rabe and Ruff 2008). Similarly, design workshops were employed in recent research on 'flood design' in diverse parts of Flanders (Nolf 2013;Putseys 2013;Nolf and De Meulder 2013).…”

Section: A Design Workhop On Flanders' Droughtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Shifting climate, reshaping urban landscapes: Designing for drought in the Campine landscape

Waegemaeker

Acker

Kerselaers³

et al. 2016

Journal of Landscape Architecture

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As global warming persists, regions with moderate climatic conditions will be confronted with exacerbating seasonal variations, including aggravating dry periods. This upcoming drought challenge receives, however, little attention by policy makers. Likewise, Flemish planners and designers focus on floods, not droughts. This research concentrates on design strategies to deal with a lack of water in highly urbanised territories such as Flanders. The article analyses the results of a design workshop on (future) drought issues in the Campine region; Shifting Climate, Reshaping Urban Landscapes. Four distinct strategies are delineated: 'remodeling the valleys', 'retrofitting urbanisation', 'aqueducts 2.0' and 'autonomous, local water networks'. The article discusses the premise of each strategy and its approach to the local landscape and urban tissue. Moreover, it highlights key issues to drought design in highly urbanised territories. Drought, a forgotten climate challengeClimate change is widely recognized as a key issue of the twenty-first century. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns global warming will cause multiple droughts; meteorological droughts agricultural droughts, hydrological droughts and water supplies under pressure (Jiménez Cisneros et al. 2014). Accordingly, territories must be prepared for an increasing lack of water. In water scarce regions climate change will aggravate current drought issues.

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Section: ) Remodelling the Campine Valleysmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Water Design 1) Floods Restructuring Sprawlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Design Workhop On Flanders' Droughtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Shifting climate, reshaping urban landscapes: Designing for drought in the Campine landscape

Waegemaeker

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Kerselaers³

et al. 2016

Journal of Landscape Architecture

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“…a) Settling waters -The different design research exercises use of topographical manipulations to create a basic "printing plate" on which to anchor future development (Nolf & De Meulder, 2013;Palmboom, 2010;Shannon, 2004;Shannon & De Meulder, 2013). The importance of topographical manipulation was already understood by the Muisca culture that inhabited the wetlands (Rojas, De Meulder & Shannon, 2015), which could be considered as archetypes of landscape urbanism (Shannon & Manawadu, 2007).…”

Section: Design Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Settling with waters. Design investigations for flood adaptation in the Sabana de Bogotá.

Bernal

2018

Labor e Eng.

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The Sabana de Bogotá is facing a continuously increasing con]lict between urban development and a saturated water management system. The research investigates how current contested relations between low-income housing and environmental stress can be converted into a constructive interplay. The unquestionable necessity of building new social housing can be seen as a major threat for sustainable water management but also as a unique opportunity to propose strategic spatial interventions. This paper presents the results of a doctoral thesis that investigates how can the current contested relations between water, settlement and productive landscapes become a constructive interplay? The paper is divided in two parts. The first part describes the main challenges to address these issues. The second part presents the design investigations in two case studies that cut across the Bogotá River and are undergoing development pressure. In each site the design proposes a water structure that solve qualitative and quantitative water issues while delivers a framework for new housing fabrics. The design investigations develop new low income housing morphologies, settlements with waters that are differentiated from land-based morphologies.

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“…(a) Settling waters: Different design research exercises proposed the used of topographical manipulations as a way to create a basic "printing plate" on which to anchor future development (Shannon, 2004;Palmboom, 2010;Shannon & De Meulder, 2013;Nolf & De Meulder, 2013). The importance of topographical manipulation was already understood by the pre-Hispanic culture that inhabited the wetlands (Rojas;De Meulder & Shannon, 2015), these could be considered as archetypes of landscape urbanism (Shannon & Manawadu, 2007).…”

Section: Design Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dwelling in an ecological substrate: landscape based strategies for flood adaptation in the Sabana de Bogotá

Bernal¹

2017

IX Seminario Internacional De Investigación en Urbanismo, Barcelona-Bogotá, Junio 2017

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RESUMENLa Sabana de Bogotá afronta el conflicto creciente entre el desarrollo urbano y un sistema de manejo de agua ineficiente. Ante esta contradicción, la investigación estudia cómo se pueden modificar las relaciones conflictivas entre la vivienda dirigida a sectores de bajos ingresos y el medio ambiente para crear una interacción constructiva. La necesidad incuestionable de construir vivienda social puede ser vista como un riesgo para el manejo sostenible de agua, pero también como una oportunidad única para proponer intervenciones espaciales estratégicas. El artículo presenta la investigación y diseño de dos secciones que atraviesan el Río Bogotá y están expuestas a la presión de desarrollo urbano. En cada sección, el diseño interviene el sistema hídrico para que resuelva problemas cuantitativos y cualitativos del agua y al mismo tiempo genere la estructura para nuevos tejidos de vivienda. La tesis tiene tres objetivos. Primero, presentar una aproximación crítica a las tendencias actuales de urbanización. Segundo, cuestionar los modelos de planeamiento actual basados en la distinción entre las áreas rurales y urbanas y el abandono de la conservación ambiental en el ámbito urbano. Finalmente, desarrollar nuevas tipologías urbanas que integren el manejo sostenible de agua. La hipótesis de la investigación es que, a través del diseño del sistema hídrico, las inversiones privadas y públicas se pueden dirigir para crear una estructura urbana pública, sostenible y resiliente a largo plazo.

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From planning to profiling: reactivating characteristic watermarks to structure the Flemish territory

Cited by 3 publications

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Shifting climate, reshaping urban landscapes: Designing for drought in the Campine landscape

Shifting climate, reshaping urban landscapes: Designing for drought in the Campine landscape

Settling with waters. Design investigations for flood adaptation in the Sabana de Bogotá.

Dwelling in an ecological substrate: landscape based strategies for flood adaptation in the Sabana de Bogotá

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