Regenerative landscapes redefining the relationship between wetlands; agriculture and urban development
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc
Publicerad
2024
Författare
Ömmelspång, Ellen
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
We are in the middle of a triple crisis of climate
change, biodiversity loss, and pollution,
creating lasting and devastating impacts on
the world. Nature and its biodiversity are the
base for human existence and are degenerating
more rapidly than ever in human history. The
risk of extreme weather, globally in the world
and locally in Sweden, has increased because
of climate change, and will only continue to
increase. Our landscape has, throughout history,
been changed by natural forces and human
activity. Humans have adapted, modified, and
degenerated the landscape, disrupting and
disturbing natural processes and systems. One
of these degenerated systems is wetlands, and
two of the reasons are urban and agricultural
development.
The thesis aims to redefine the relationship
between the three main themes: wetlands,
urban development, and agriculture. The goal
is to explore whether a harmonising dynamic
between the three main themes can be
achieved, and if so, how. The thesis focuses on
rurban environments, departing from the site,
Östra Ramlösa in Helsingborg, Sweden, where
a new urban area is being planned. The site is
an example of a place where the three themes
collide; the urban is expanding into the rural
agricultural landscape where it historically has
existed wetlands.
Speculative design, as a method for exploring
possible and preferable future scenarios, along
with methods of regenerative design, has
created the theoretical framework and shaped
the methodology for the thesis. Literature
studies and a deep mapping of the context have
been carried out. The mapping has been framed
from six perspectives: hydrology, topography,
flora and fauna, geology, urban structure, and
agriculture. A search for synergy effects and an
understanding of how the main themes relate to
one another have permeated the entire process.
The result of the thesis is a set of tests, that
explores the relationships and typologies
identified throughout the process and framed
by the context of Östra Ramlösa, Helsingborg.
The tests will explore different ways of
intertwining and merging the three themes
to create harmony between human and nonhuman entities.
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Ämne/nyckelord
agriculture, wetland, urban development, regenerative design, speculative design