Enhancement on Small Sites
JFA review some novel answers to landscape architecture where planting space in limited. Think floating trees and islands, raised cliffs and terraced walls. The Dutch known for their innovative thinking needed more green space in Rotterdam, so when land ran out they looked to the water and planted a floating forest. This radical solution required technical know-how to prevent flooding of the tree roots and delivery the nutrition the trees require. When developments are carried out trees are no longer removed but stored by the city’s Public Works Department. The forest inspired by Jorge Bakkers artwork “Looking for Habitus” has utilised these. Sventa Entertainments are currently looking to design a floating island in the sea off the Bournemouth coast. Whilst this is a very large project a floating island can be any size providing extra habitat for many species. Neo-baroque design strategies are a landscape and ecological approach that addresses the novel eco niche created by the built environment and can be used for structuring ecological systems in the urban environment in order to create resilient and productive novel ecosystems.
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