Leisure Water Uses As Urban Commons : A Play Element in Metropolitan Brussels

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THYLO FOLKERTS JARDIN PORTUAIRE - JARDIN / T. FOLKERTS PORTUAIRE In 2000, in the harbour of Le Havre, T. Folkerts, landscape architect, was commissioned by the city to help it sensitize to water issues. His idea, was to collect water for the harbour and make it accessible to the passer-by. With this action, people could finally connect and play with the surrounding water. 80 plastic bags of 100L were filled and let on the quay for people to play with during 4 days. As a consequence of this performance, a new way to interact with water was produced. Children were jumping on the fluid contained in solid bags imagining new play tool made from locally sourced resource. The designer learned how to collect and make use of an existing resource which was never reachable beforehand.

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‘‘Once filled with water, the soft, shiny, wobbly and warm pillows virtually asked visitors to touch, sit and jump on them.’’ T. Folkerts (Diedrich, 2006)


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VII - Conclusion

3min
pages 174-181

Bibliography

2min
pages 184-188

Connection Staircase

2min
pages 154-161

Free Play Space

2min
pages 166-173

A Space for Commoning

1min
pages 148-153

Redefining a Common Square

2min
pages 142-147

VI - Architectural Proposal

2min
pages 124-127

Future of the Site

3min
pages 98-101

Commons as a Local Strategy

2min
pages 130-133

Connecting

1min
pages 128-129

The Site

1min
pages 90-91

Historical Context

7min
pages 92-97

Urban Strategy

1min
pages 84-89

Understanding the existing

13min
pages 70-83

Conclusion

1min
pages 66-69

Jardin Portuaire

1min
pages 62-65

Tainan Spring

1min
pages 54-57

Temporary Pools

1min
pages 58-61

Water Interaction

3min
pages 46-51

Bellamy Play-Pond

1min
pages 52-53

Analysis

1min
pages 42-45

Waterplay

1min
pages 40-41

Aldo Van Eyck’s playgrounds

2min
pages 32-39

The concept of Play

6min
pages 18-21

Leisure in the city

2min
pages 16-17

Right to the city

2min
page 14

Aims, Research Questions, Methods

1min
pages 11-13

Water uses in Brussels

11min
pages 22-31

Urban Commons

1min
page 15

Introduction

1min
page 9

Abstract

2min
page 10
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