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ARNAV UTKÖY, ISTAN BU L S tron g u rba n i z a tion forces m a ny me trop olises a rou nd the world to ex plore their boundaries for grow th. The surrounding landscapes that provide important resources and landscape services for the city, are urbanized. This often leads to the inability of these landscapes to provide resources or landscape services to the city. This can have a major effect on the liveability of a city. In Istanbul, chaotic and unplanned urbanization of the Nor thern par t of the province is a threat to the quality of life
within the city. Water basins providing fresh water are being urbanized, resulting in pollution of the water resource. Forests, impor tant for climate control, materials, and recreation, are being fragmented. Striking is the fact that the forests appear to be an indispensable par t of the fresh water system; reducing erosion, reducing run-off and purifying fresh water for the city. For the city of Istanbul, fresh water has always been the most challenging landscape resource to harvest. The rapid growth of the metropolis is now starting to
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
OPINION VISION ON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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Designing informal cities
urrently, as a continuation of my master thesis, I will start writing an article on the topic of the usability of landscape architecture for steering unplanned urban growth. I will write this article together with i.a. Ingrid Duchhart, Assistant Professor landscape architecture, and Jaap van der Salm; landscape architect at H+N+S landscape architects. In this article we aim to address a new view on planning in sprawling cities: How can growth be steered by designing specific elements that are part of the city itself?
threaten itself: the city is cutting its life lines. My m as ter thesis ‘Steer ing protective grow th‘ researches the us abi lity of land s cap e a rch i te ct u re for s teer i n g unplan ned urban grow th by design. > see page 4-5
A realized design as the start of change ithin landscape architecture, I have a broad interest in both urban and rural areas, as well in large as small-scale projects. I am fascinated by ecology, biophilia, and the use of natural processes and cycles in design, in order to construct a sustainable landscape where people feel connected to, and which people are willing to protect. My interest for natural processes and cycles is obviously related to my strong interest in biology, in which I got a bachelors degree. In ecology, there is no end product: everything is part
of a natural cycle, which can be changed by new input. In this view, I do not only see the landscape architect delivering an end product, which can be derived from the wishes and needs of different stakeholders. A design can combine different needs and wishes; as well it can trigger a positive change in its surroundings. This means that squares, parks, landscapes, and whole neighbourhoods do not need a detailed design that covers its complete surface. Additional, this means that designs do not have to be realized ‘at once’. This is
something that fits in current economic perspectives. I believe strongly in the power of local initiatives. The informal city is increasingly grabbing my attention, fuelled by studies I did for my thesis in Istanbul. Here, it is very exciting to find out how the profession can contribute to an increase in quality of life in informal, rapidly growing cities. So, how can we influence the pattern of urban sprawl on the high scale? And how can design contribute to the quality of life on the streets? > See page 4 ‘About me’
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Goeree - Overflakkee VISION From the constucted vision three different landscape types can be identified near Stellendam. All three landscapes will gain recreational facilities. Recreational functions differ with the landscape type to give a varied recreational landscape. The facilities for recreation will all be housed in greenhouses. This is not only because of their ability of generating extra heat and storing waste heat from fluctuating energy flows, but also because of their transparency in the nature landscape, their rural identity in the midland landscape, and their abundance and close connection to the village in the intensive agricultural landscape.
// Design studio WUR, Designing new ways of living in a urbanizing rural area
DESIGNING THE ENERGY LANDSCAPE The energy landscape is organized in such a way that the recreational facilities in the different landscapes can profit as much as possible from the energy fluctuations and storage facilities. At the same time there has been accounted for the identity of the landscape: small scale and transparent solutions at the nature sites and bigger scale solutions that enhance the farming identity in the midland landscape.
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change from time to time. When energy production is high (and energy is cheap), it is possible to use a part of the water flow at midday for recreation purposes. The greenhouse for gardening is located among the buildings of the energy farms. At the farms there are possibilities for sustainable energy education. In the coastal exotic birds & plants greenhouse the vegetation height follows the surrounding landscape. Also, the greenhouse is oriented towards a protected bird area. When you are in the greenhouse you can see the native birds in the surrounding landscape and exotic birds in the greenhouse both at the same time. All facilities are connected by a
FACILITY DESIGN The swimming pool greenhouse is in line with the food production greenhouses. The water in the pumped-water storage is connected to the swimming pool, which contains areas of different depth. In this way the form and size of the pool can Figure 8.3: Vision map
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LANDSCAPE The fluctuating energy production by renewable energy sources is a slowdown for the transition to a renewable energy future. To deal with this change in production several storage solutions can be used. Although, the fluctuations can provide us with more than only energy. The new energy systems and energy flows that have to be constructed may give us more and new opportunities for functions like recreation and tourism facilities.
DESIGNING THE GREENHOUSES In order to strengthen the different landscapes, the greenhouses will emerge in different forms that contribute to the landscape identity. These are: village forms (urban greenhouses), rural productivity (midland), and botanical connections (coastal nature).
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PROJECT AREA The island of Goeree-Overflakkee has the ambition to become a sustainable energy island. Stellendam is closely located to the current tourist area in the head of Goeree, while the Grevelingen coast near the village has potential for recreation and tourism.
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^ The vision for the island has been constructed for the scenario of a ‘regional and civic society’. Contributors: Jesper Borsje, Jeroen Castricum, Kim van Gent, Maria Georgieva, Sangwhan Lim, Ziyi Liu, Diana Lukjanska, and Lisa Verbon.
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^ Design of different facilities (A swimming pool, B gardening greenhouse, C birds & plants greenhouse) that cascade energy and heat streams to profit recreation.
LANDSCAPE DESIGN All of the recreational facilities are located near nodes in the recreation network. By passing the light path, one is aware of the fact that the village is nearby. The light path is a straight path from village towards the coast, crossing different recreational routes that follow more or less the coastline. The recreation routes go through different landscape types, and have only small viewpoints at the coastline for not disturbing birds at the flood plains. Due to heat losses the lights along the light paths get weaker when you get further away from the facilities, and brighter when you are approaching them.
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Parts of this project have been published in: Schröpfer, T. (2012) Ecological Urban Architecture, Birkhäuser
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Plan map showing the new recreation area. Greenhouses in the North incorporate housing projects and the new swimming pool. All greenhouses have a function in energy production, and use cascading for recreation purposes. The thermoelectric light trail is shown by yellow dots.
The thermoelectric light trail and exotic greenhouse in the coastal nature area (‘C’ on plan map)
Gardening in and near the greenhouse at the energy farm (‘B’ on plan map)
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About me // CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONALIA first name, surname date of birth place of birth address zipcode, city country telephone e-mail civil state nationality BSN-number sex
Jeroen Castricum 1 July 1987 Alkmaar Hoogstraat 64 A 6701 BX Wageningen The Netherlands 0633828996 jeroen.castricum@gmail.com single Dutch 191202265 male
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EDUCATION Sept 2010 – July 2013 Landscape Architecture and planning, Master’s degree Wageningen University, Wageningen Specialisation: Landscape Architecture Sept 2008 – July 2010 Landscape Architecture and planning, Linking programme Wageningen University, Wageningen Programme: 114 ECTS of BSc programme Sept 2005 – July 2008 Biology, Bachelor’s degree Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam Specialisation: Ecology Sept 1999 - July 2005 VWO (pre-university education) Bonhoeffer College, Castricum Profile: ‘Nature and Health’ and ‘Nature and Technology’ INTERNSHIPS Sept 2011 - Jan 2012 OKRA Landscape Architects Project employee Sept 2008 – Jan 2009 Department of Animal Ecology, Faculty of Earth- and Life sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Research subject: ‘Evolution of colour patterns in Collembola”. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Sept 2011 – Oct 2011 Oct 2006 – Dec 2006
Study-coach training at Wageningen University Training for Student tutor at the VU Education Centre
EMPLOYMENT/WORK HISTORY Dec 2010 – May 2012 Nov 2005 – July 2008 Sept 2006 – Jan 2008 July 2004 – July 2006
Master student coach WUR Study promotion/informer Biology, VU Student tutor national Bèta1op1-project Assistant at crop protection research, Modify b.v.
^ Visualization of a neighbourhood where water is protected by its inhabitants
ARNAVUTKÖY, ISTANBUL - H+N+S Landscape Architects proposed a vision with a focus on the water resource. This vision has been made for one of the water basins, the Sazlidere basin. This vision of the ‘Ridge city’ gives solution s for the protection of the water resource, while urban grow th of the nearby municipality of Arnavutköy is able to continue. In contrast to the Sazlidere basin, which has an agricultural character, many other water basins surrounding the city contain par ts of the fores t belt of Is tanbul. The proposed location of urban development in the ridge city, and the location of the fores ts, is con flicting in those basins. This resulted in a s tudy on how urban grow th can be allowed in a fores ted basin. By considering the city as a complex adaptive system, which is dependent on resources provided by the landscape as
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Committee member Sportcie of study association ‘Gyrinus natans’ (organization of sport events for the Faculty of Earth- and Life sciences) Practicum designer and attendant, VU. Board member of the study association ‘Gyrinus natans’ Member of CAVM, committee for working conditions, security and environment, VU. Committee member Mediacie of study association ‘Gyrinus natans’ (promotion of activities, and publishing of faculty information magazine)
A vision is created of a city where the water quality is protected during grow th. In this vision, the fores ted Alibey basin provides not only clean fresh water to the inhabitants of the city, the forests protect the liveability of the entire city. New neighbourhoods will contain development that supports the construction of a landscape, which is able to improve the water resource, and is able to steer urban development. When neighbourhoods like this are designed, it appears that the search
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sept 2007 – July 2008
infrastructure, urban development and the water resource are inves tigated. Here, it has been found that the rapid growing, unplanned city is organized by cer tain spatial elements that are par t of the city itself; so- called magnets. With time, different magnets steered and organized urban developments in the city, resulting in a changing urban form, but also a change in urban fabric at the lower scale.
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LANGUAGES Dutch - native, English - good, German - average OTHER ACTIVITIES Travelling, DIY projects, running, squash, mountainbiking, drawing, photoshop, and sailing.
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MSc Thesis for, and use of, ma gnets can be a s trategy to get a grip on unplanned developments. The challenge of this thesis was to recognize and understand the behaviour of different magnets, and to find whether these magnets could also be used to repel developments from a resou rce land s cape. The design proposes a landscape where development is attracted to improve the quality of the water resource. It prop oses a la nd s cap e where development is steered and organized by magnets that attract development, and magnets that repel development. The magnets that repel development appear to be s trongly focussed on people. Here elements that make a landscape accessible, multifunctional, or make clear borders, can be used in design. By designing (elements in) the landscape, suppor t can arise to protect this landscape. The challenge was to protect the water resource, while urban grow th continues. This
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means that the right balance has to be found between attracting magnets and repelling magnets. The design shows how landscape architecture theories can contribute in finding this balance. Here the casco concept, and an increase of readability of the landscape, give guidelines to strengthen this balance. The design experiment is not meant to be a final design, but rather to present a strategy for using urban grow th for resource protection. In other words: a s trategy for “Steering protective grow th”. The design tries to generate discussion on how to plan and design in a rapid growing city like Istanbul. The design shows the possibilities that can emerge when the working areas of politicians, experts, inhabitants and water authorities are combined. The s trategy presented in this thesis can be a star ting point for such coalitions.
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iophilia have given us a lasting bond with certain aspects of nature. For this reason, biophilia should not be seen as a target of design, but as a mean to reconnect people to the whole of nature. Biophilia are a mean to anchor endangered - but often biophobic - patches of ‘wild nature’ in the urban landscape. These patches do not only serve biodiversity. More importantly, they provoke interaction with people in order to rebuilt affinity to endangered natural ecosystems, which are often far from the city. People’s affinity is crucial in an increasing urbanizing world where support for vital, but also biophobic ecosystems is declining. Located in the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam, the project shows the conversion of a former dry dock. Here biophobic wetlands are framed by a biophilic park landscape. ‘Cues to explore’ provide triggers to explore the biophobic wetlands.
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HeeSTeRS MIDDen Op De HOuTWAl Richtlijnen voor beplanting: - hoogte (2-4 meter) - standplaats op natte tot vochtige grond - standplaats licht beschaduwd - weinig onderhoud. - matige belevingswaarde
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Hoogte: Tot 3,00 m Bloeiperiode: Juni Standplaats: Op natte tot vochtige, voedselrijke grond in loofbossen en struweel. Verlangt een plekje in lichte schaduw.
Hoogte: tot 3,00 Bloeiperiode: begin april-begin mei Standplaats: Op vochtige, voedselrijke, vaak kalkhoudende grond in heggen, aan bosranden en op lichte plekken in loofbossen. Bijzonderheden: Gevoelig voor spinselmot.
Hoogte: 2,00-3,00 m Bloeiperiode: Mei-juni. Standplaats: licht schaduw en zon, bodem vochthoudend en voedselrijk. Bijzonderheden: zeer winterhard
Richtprijs: Hoogte 125-150 cm (100 st) 2,75 per stuk (Boot&Co)
Richtprijs: Hoogte 100-125 cm (100 st) 2,00 per stuk (Boot&Co)
Richtprijs: Hoogte 60-80 cm (100 st) 3,85 per stuk (Boot&Co)
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// Design studio WUR, Designing new ways of living in an urbanizing rural landscape DRIEL The landscape between Schuytgraaf en Driel is urbanizing rapidly. Question is, whether the remaining space should be protected from urbanization or not. In this design, specific types of housing have been used to strengthen the characteristics of orchards and empty backlands. In this way, the landscape can be urbanized to a certain extent, while the characteristics of the appreciated landscape are strengthened. At the same time, unique ways of living are added to the existing housing supply.
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To strengthen the unique character of ‘De Vecht’ -the only meandering river in Holland- several small-scale elements have been designed. All of these elements tell a story about the river [6].. QR codes add an extra interactive layer to the experience.
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Brug Bergsche Maas
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Brug Boven Merwede
Knooppunt A15 Gorinchem
Overbrugging N214
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Doorsnijding Zouweboezem
Brug Merwedekanaal
For widening of the A27, I analysed the [4],, while landscape on a regional scale [4] design solutions focused on the small scale. The design was about designing vista’s, and roadsides that strengthen and visualize local landscape characteristics. [5]
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the design of the park and the plantings [3]. [2].. Also, I drew the plan maps [3]
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UTRECHT - During my 5-month internship at OKRA Landscape architects, I worked on projects of many scales. Due to the work field of OKRA, I got more experience in designing within the urban context. Here, parts of my work are shown in snippets, to show the broad range of projects.
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// 5-month internship, Contributions to several design projects.
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Project EAT is an initiative from students of Wageningen University to create an academic garden on the campus. This will be a garden were people can experiment, grow, and connect with people from different disciplines. The design is constructed by an interactive and multidisciplinary design process. Students of different studies give each other workshops on their own field of study. Here, I learned more about agroforestry and permaculture projects. Together we organized drawing sessions
in order to come to a design. All wishes and needs are combined by the EAT design team, where I was part of. The final design is still to be finished. At this page some sketches are shown from during the design process.
< Photos from the presentations, workshops and drawing sessions with interested people. v Some sketches and drawings made by the EAT design team. Team members: Jeroen Castricum, Dirk Harden, Hessel Rasch, Toon Roosen, Teun Schuwer, Ruud Tak, and Roel Winder.
RAVISSANT Ravissant organizes small-scale gatherings for music lovers in scenic settings. We attempt to create an intimate atmosphere, where one can meet new people, have dinner, and dance. At the same time, we experiment with the possibilities of the crowd. People are encouraged to bring plants, decorations, and barbeques to the site. My work consists of the graphical design (posters and website), the lights, and furnishing of the site.
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