EDGE CONDITION

IBA POLICY

In these critical circumstances IBA (international building exhibition) creates the opportunity as an actor to take action; highlights systems of rural development and ecological resilience. The visual mural detailed phases of geographical expansion, edge condition comes into play. Interconnecting the two bordering countries Lux-France Based on Common ground, Geothermal zone, with transitional potential of creating generous affordable housing, with the close connection to THE LAND PROPERTY, €/ M2 , MOBILITY, PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCING. etc. Current IBA gives us the tool to put these odds in common ground and the limits to explore the ways of getting the best out of both, urbanism + nature.

EDGE CONDITION THE DOGGER

The Dogger (abstract figure see the illustrations on the right ) “The territory described in this book is located on the western edge of the Franco-Luxembourg border. Due to the rise of the steel industry and mines, this band cross-border has experienced urbanization without previous, nestled in the valleys of a landscape of wooded ribs. These trritory of the both countries gives the potential of trans-boundary operations activating edge condition with Geothermal zone capacity . These two simultaneous phenomena meant to reinforce each other .

“Today, the territory is at the heart of a dynamic of post-industrial renewal, symbolized by the strong demographic growth

and supported by cross-border voluntary cooperation. “