‘scape 2 / 2009 (December)

Theme: sustainable urban design

There is no question, we have to work on a better environment, and we have to take our measurement against climate change. And so, you could say, sustainable urban planning and design are hot. Isocarp and IFHP, two international groups of urban planners and designers, both organized a congress on this theme in 2009. The Isocarp-congress ended with a statement, not only on how to reduce energy use and change to alternative energy sources, but as well on making sustainable cities, which also means safer, healthier, fairer. And flexible, they could have added.

In this issue of ‘scape we want to explore the way in which architects, landscape architects and urban planners can contribute to this theme.

Dossier Sustainable Urbanism
Introduction: What is your vision on Sustainable Urbanism?
With contributions by Jean Haëntjes, Martin Knuijt, Michael Braungart, Jusuck Koh, Darko Radovic, Robert Tregay, Jan Gehl

Green Architecture for the Future
Report on the Exhibition ‘Green Architecture of the Future’ in the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen, Denmark
Author Claes Caldenby

Ecological Urbanism-Copenhagenized?
Sustainable Urban Development in Copenhagen, front-runner among world cities
Authors Mads Farsø, Søren Smidt-Jensen, Marianne Rosenbak

Ecocities between tactics and technology
How successful are the plans for eco-cities?
Author Annemieke Molster

East London and the 2012 parklands
The landscape approach for the London Olympics 2012 and after
Author Peter Neal

Milan Expo 2015
‘Feeding the planet, energy for life’; the Expo as a tasting experience
Author Antonio Angelillo

Sustainable Urban Extension in the heart of Amsterdam
Transformation of the old docklands Oosterdokseiland into a bustling venue for living, working studying and recreating
Author: Maarten Ettema

Korean park restores ecological values beyond a ‘design with nature’
The IFLA Asia Pacific Region’s 2009 President Award
Oikes Landscape Architects with the Ulsan Grand Park, Korea
Author Joren Jacobs

Towards low carbon cities in The Netherlands
Sustainable urban developments in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam
Authors Martin Dubbeling, Michaël Meijer

Planners are to contribute to Copenhagen
Report on the IFHP congress in Berlin, Germany and the ISOCARP congress in Porto, Portugal
Author Michaël Meijer

Portrait
OKRA landscape architects for a vital city

The architects at OKRA landscape architects in the Netherlands are well-knwn for their designs in which distinct, often innovative ideas, are fashioned into practical, feasible plans.
Author Cathelijne Nuijsink

Essay
The Sensual City
Author Jacques Ferrier

Reviews ‘Waterscapes’

At the edge of cultivated water
People have been settling near water arteries and close to seacosts ever since the Neolithic period.
Author Lisa Diedrich

Lounging on the River Meuse
Review New Waterfront on the Meuse, Cuijk, The Netherlands
by Buro Lubbers
Author Harry Harsema

Thickened Edge
Review St Kilda Foreshore Promenade, Melbourne, Australia
by Site Office& Jackson Clements Burrows
Author SueAnne Ware

L’île de Nantes, a factory of devices
Quai Francois Mitterand, Nantes, France
by Atelier de l’île de Nantes & Alexandre Chemetoff
Author Eric Troussicot

Ground plan
Puzzling Phoenix
Car city Phoenix, USA
Author Rob van der Bijl

Next issue

Theme: Roads and moving landscapes

issued: spring 2010

Previous issues

New Values – rediscovering the basics

Coast+tourism

Cultural landscapes

Facing Climate Change

Tempting strategies

Portraits of: Jaime Lerner, Petra Blaisse, Gilles Clément, Michael van Gessel

Reviews of the campus

Gardens for older ones

New boulevards

And more, check archive