Photographic Catalogue Charlotta Chan
SUPER INFRASTRUCTURES SUPER CITIES SUPER DUTCH This photographic catalogue closely documents the tension between the greenhouse industrial landscape of Westlands as a humanexclusion zone and the neighboring residential landscapes as a contrasting human-inclusion zone.
10:05am Sluiswachterstraat 49, s’Gravenzande
9:55am ‘s-Gravenzande, Zandeveltplein
10 minutes / 800m
500m
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1000m
2000m
9 minutes / 8 stops
9:40am Hoek van Holland Haven Station
34 minutes / 14 stops
WESTLAND
9:06am Beurs Metro Station, Rotterdam
sequential journey A journey capturing moments that illustrate the relationship between the greenhouse horticultural industry in Westlands and the wider landscape on an urban context. The journey begins at the center of Rotterdam.
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9:06am \ Beurs Metro Station, Rotterdam
9:40am \ Hoek van Holland Haven Station, South Holland
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9:40am \ Hoek van Holland Haven Station, South Holland
9:49am \ Bus to ’s-Gravenzande, Zandeveltplein
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Langestraat, s’Gravenzande
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Greenhouse built right up against a residential garden
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Co-existence between ecology and artificial landscape
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52°00’25.2”N 4°09’18.0” The human exclusive nature of the greenhouse industrial blanket makes it impossible to identify the exact location of a photo taken in the area. Vast amounts of glass walls in close proximity created a very echoey acoustic landscape.
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Behind Sluiswacherstraat, s’-Gravenzande
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Tension area where the residential, water and industrial meet
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52°00’29.3”N 4°09’34.4”E Signs of the industrial nature of the area is evident from every corner of s’-Gravenzande, Westlands.
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Supporting infrastructures occupies the residual space
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Stark contrast between the human inclusion and exclusion zone
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Having an industrial greenhouse in your back garden
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52°00’32.6”N 4°09’31.2”E
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Monsterseweg 127, s’-Gravenzande
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Justaposition of the natural and artificial landscape
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Tomato vending machine right by a tomato greenhouse
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Vending machine offers a range of different tomatoes
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Beach entrance at Arendsduin
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Langestraat, s’Gravenzande
Vast size of the greenhouse industrial blanket
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Greenhouses make use of assimilation lighting to facilitate year round production
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Tomato producing greenhouse
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Rows upon rows of crop gutters
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The tomatoes are perfected in terms of size, shape, color, hardness, taste etc.
A floating farm located near central Rotterdam showcases a possible future for urban food production as the Netherlands faces the problem of rising sea levels. The farm runs on a circular economy system, being able to self-sustain on energy and water, whilst producing milk and yogurt products to sell on the market.
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FLOATING FARM
sequential journey
500m
1000m
2000m
3:28pm Floating Farm, Gustoweg
3:12pm Schiedam Centrum Station
15 min
3:02pm Beurs Metro Station
10 minutes / 6 stops
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10 Gustoweg, Rotterdamn
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The farm maintains a circular economy by utilizing floating solar panels
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Nieuw Mathenesse Neighboring area that used to be a port for fruit and vegetable distribution. There are now plans underway to develop the area into an incubation area for experimental design projects.
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There are 30 cows on the farm
Milk and yogurt produced on-site
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Photograph Credits Damon Lee - P50 Christina Tantcheva - P51-53 Ronald Ng - P55 (left & middle), 56, 58, 63 (left) Special Acknowledgments Mr. Adriaan van der Giessen (Projectmanager, Gemeente Rotterdam) Ms. Kirsten van Niekerk (Visitor Journey Manager, Floating Farm)