Sustainable residential area linked to urban agriculture
Architectural competition
Open Oproep Vlaamse Bouwmeester 2907
Studieopdracht voor het opmaken van een masterplan voor het projectgebied 'De Werve Hoef' te Wijnegem
Research questions.
The masterplan experiments with new concepts on several levels :
- Can combining the houses around a collective outside space be an alternative for the traditional flemisch allotment?
- Doesn't real sustainability occurs when jour allotments provides your own food?
The allotment is combined with a CSA (Community Suppoprted Agriculture) CSA allows city residents to have direct access to high quality, fresh produce grown locally by a regional farmer.
When you become a member of a CSA, you’re purchasing a “share” of vegetables from a regional farmer. Weekly or bi-weekly, from June until October or November, you can collect that share by paying an anual membership.
-Can a prototype masterplan for developing new allotments be designed if the layout of the masterplan starts from the landscape and combines the CSA fields with the dwellings?
Impact.
- ‘Nieuwe woonwijk tegen 2030’, Masterplan Werve Hoef, artikel in GVA 22 juni 2016, p. 21
- ‘Woonidylle langs houtlaan’, Masterplan Werve Hoef, artikel in HLN 30 maart 2016, p. 4
- The urban planning proces is organised with a partner specialised in participation and communication (Common ground)
- Contacts are realised with Landgenoten (specialised in urban farming development) and Duwobo (Flemisch institute for sustainable neighborhoods)