Regenerative landscapes redefining the relationship between wetlands; agriculture and urban development
| dc.contributor.author | Ömmelspång, Ellen | |
| dc.contributor.department | Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE) | sv |
| dc.contributor.department | Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE) | en |
| dc.contributor.examiner | Björling, Nils | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Tarraso, Joaquim | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Didriksson, Louise | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-03T12:01:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-03T12:01:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.date.submitted | ||
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.coursecode | ACEX35 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/308509 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.setspec.uppsok | Technology | |
| dc.subject | agriculture, wetland, urban development, regenerative design, speculative design | |
| dc.title | Regenerative landscapes redefining the relationship between wetlands; agriculture and urban development | |
| dc.type.degree | Examensarbete för masterexamen | sv |
| dc.type.degree | Master's Thesis | en |
| dc.type.uppsok | H | |
| local.programme | Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc |