This project looks into the afterlife of airfields and proposes their adaptive reuse in the form of industrial forestal landscapes. This industrial forest is sustained by airlines purchasing hectares of biomass for the harvesting of wood in order to offset their carbon footprint. This in turn promotes sustainable urban development while enabling local economies and ecosystems to thrive and take part in the redevelopment of these landscapes, giving them social value and a sense of ownership.
Airports constantly inhabit the periphery of cities, and yet they are so central to urban development. As these landscapes are rendered useless, they prove difficult to be
re-connected to the urban fabric in part due to their social, political, economical, and environmental implications. In contrast, this project seeks to challenge said issues by evaluating how these large abandoned sites can redefine the relationship between land, people, and infrastructure.
