CITY AS A SHARED HABITAT
Plan “E”: Escape to Eden Xiyao Mo Studio 8 | MLA 2 BARC0113 (20/21) Design Portfolio Student number: 18117485 Tutors: Kirsty Badenoch, Thomas Budd
Plan “E” Escape to Εden Location: Changde city, Hunan Province, China (E 111°39’ N 29°00’) Timeline: 2021-2121 Funding: Changde Forestry; Changde Poverty Relief Office Development Administration
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Protagonists/ Users: Low-income groups in east suburban of Changde; Local non-human creatures Critical thinking: The expansion of human activity and global warming, with its attendant array of extreme weather and social events, have left us in an unstable world. The urban environment is becoming uninhabitable for humans, while the wild is no longer an ideal habitat for non-human creatures. Governments worldwide are beginning to use the slogan of sustainable development, but in China, the peopleoriented principle of sustainable development seems only to maintain the interests of human beings, incredibly the rich. Green movements in cities often exclude nonhuman creatures and the interests of low-income people in the name of ecology. How does contemporary landscape design break the gentrification green enclosure to challenge true equality? How should the cities of the future work to provide a beautiful and harmonious Eden for all human and non-human beings on the land?
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It is a story about humanity cultivating Eden from the forgotten ruins of the "progressive narrative." The main characters of the story are the lowincome groups in the eastern suburbs of Changde and the unwanted "wild snakes". With funding from the Changde Forestry Bureau and the Changde Poverty Alleviation Office, the locals will foster a new urban eden over perhaps 100 years through the reuse of land and the development of traditional trees training and willow weaving techniques.
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Preface
A lesson from a snake: An escaped snake The story begins with a virtual field trip of looking at the city from the perspective of a snake. When this captive snake escapes from his cage into an unfamiliar environment, a parallel set of narratives begins. The story will show the common plight of the snake alongside that of its owner within the existing conditions of Changde's urban environment.
o6 | Preface: A Lesson From The Snake
Hot issue Changde is a low-tier city in southern China developing along a river and surrounded by forests and wetlands. Under the dual effects of the expansion of human activities and climate change, more and more news about "snakes infested" in the urban environment and residential buildings.
Hallways, 13 June 2017 | Long Snakes Coiled in the Frighten the Residents
17 Sep 2020 | A Snake Broke into a Citize n's Home
Dormitory a in s r a e Snake App e g r a L A | 7 14 July 201
ng Snake Broke into a -lo er et m 31. A | 21 20 19 June Villager's yard
hting Continues to 02 June 2021 | Changde Fire Fig Show "Snake Catching"
Snake in Her 05 June 2021 | A Woman Encountered a Toilet
02 Sep 2020 | A Snakes on the Wall, Firemen Set Out to Catch
26 May 2021 | Attention! Snake Infestation in Changde, Two-meter-long Scared a Resident 15 June 2013 | A One-meter-long Snake Climbs onto A Bus in Changde
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News between 2013 ¬ 2019 News in 2020 News in 2021 Farmland Forests and Woodland Open green space Surface water
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o7 | Preface: A Lesson From The Snake
AN ESCAPED SNAKE
The Escaped Snake This snake escaped carefully from farmer's cage and regained its freedom.
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12m The sound of a snake sliding across the grass
1. The Escaped Snake - Aha, I ran out of the cage from my owner's house.
1. The Emotional man - It's so hot that I can't concentrate on anything. Oh god, I forgot to close the lid on my snake box; my snake has escaped
The sound of other animals
- It's too hot in the city. I need to find a cool place.
- Where are the cars. Where are the buildings? The air pollution is too bad. I wouldn't say I like the weather and the city. It's so hot backing soon, my little snake. Otherwise, you will die.
- It's finally raining; the corner of the building is so dry that I need to go out for some air...... Oh my god, who are you? A stranger nabs me...... Ah, there are so many snakes here in one cage...WAIT! This is a Farmers' Market. Am I going to be eaten?
- Oh. It's raining. This old house is even leaking rain. I have to move out when it rains, and there is no electricity or water. The road is so dirty. Oh, where can my snake go?
- I escaped out again. There were so many smells and so many people in the market. I could only judge the danger by my hearing. It's a process that has to be done with care.
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- Hungry: No cropland, no shrub, Concrete everywhere... No frog, no mice, I am starving to death.
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2. The plight - Homeless: I am tired of vagabondage. But when I was backing home, it had become a desolate ruin. - Loneliness: I am two years old and over a quarter of my snake life. I have not met any beautiful female snakes because I am so afraid to cross the road with so many machines.
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- It turned out that the house was 50 years old, dangerous, and uninhabitable, so I had to move out. Will my snake come back for me.
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2. The plight - Neighborless: I live in a commercial flat, everyone is on an island with no friends to chat with, and my Pretzel let me. - Loneliness: It is reported that ectotherms are getting smaller with global warming; this makes it difficult for them to mate. I wonder how my snake is doing. Does he meet his dream snake? Or just like me, who is 25 years old and still not married or in a relationship. - Hungry: The lockdown city. I have been quarantined at home for a month. I hate the frozen corn. I am craving fresh fruits and meat.
LOOKFORW ARD
1. Finding Eden: Escape Route The denser and denser buildings in cities squeeze our perception of time and space. These ever-encrypting buildings act as cages, separating humans from real nature and keeping us in a cave of “development” and “economy.” The proposal introduces an escape route from the city center to the suburban area and then to nature. Specific points along the route can also serve as short rest points on the journey.
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PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO O EDEN
THE SNAKE AS A BREAKER The connectivity of green space
could enhance the walking experience and is particularly important for non-human creatures, especially those without wings. If the city is regarded as a chessboard, the snake's crawling track can provide more possibilities for urban space reorganization.
Cooperation experiment
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building a bridge between humans and non-humans, my pet Pretzel was invited to participate in the experiment. Several different spatial patterns of urban green space are proposed in the pilot site by recording his random movements.
It‘ s SHOW TIM E!
The snake trace Water surface Urban area Slums Fresh market Industry Green space Original city context in the pilot site
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PLAN P PL LA AN N ""E": E"": ES ESCA ESCAPE C PE TO CA O EDEN
SITE LOCATION
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Sunyang forest park
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Changde (E 111°39' N 29°00'),
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a low-tier city in southern China, has a river running through the main urban area and is surrounded by forests and wetlands.
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Willow Lake
Mountains and hills account for 56%, 35.9% of the plain lacustrine area, 8.1% of the water surface. Liuye Lake is the largest urban inland lake in China; it covers an area of 21.8 km². The size of the city center is 412km², and the population (Wuling) is 740,000. Main city area
Yuan River
Suburban and rural areas Residen al Administra on Commercial Entertainment
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Travel Public facili es Medical Educa onal Industrial Warehouse Agricultural land Ecological land Public green space Sports green space Landscape green buffer Isola on green belt Flood dike Surface water External traffic XL Design site
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the urbanization of Changde, roads and urban development destroyed the integrity and continuity of the mountain and caused damages to the original hydrology system.
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o2. Urban expansion in Changde (1950~2020)
Urban Expansion: Compared with other cities in China, Changde's developing rate is relatively slow. The main urban areas account for 3.4% of the whole city. By the end of 2019, the permanent population is 5.772 million, including 3.142 million urban residents and 2.629 million rural residents. In 2019, the city's gross regional product reached 362.42 billion RMB, an increase of 7.9% over the previous year.
Urban Ecology: Under the expansion of the city, the ecological suitability of Changde has been damaged. The figure on the right analyzes the existing ecological suitability of Wuling district*, and the ideal scale of urban development of Changde according to the interference of different standards of Ecology infrastructure*(EI).
o3. High-suitability Mid-suitability Low-suitability None-suitability XL Design site
o4. * Wuling district: Administra ve center and main urban area of Changde city. * Ecology infrastructure: “It refers to naturally func oning ecosystems that deliver valuable services to people. It is the naturebased equivalent of built or hard infrastructure, and can be just as important for providing services and underpinning socio-economic development.” (SANBI, 2021)
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URBAN DILEMMA_2 There
were numerous lakes, ponds, and streams in the city, although many have been diverted and buried now. In addition, Changde in summer always has heavy rainfalls. Thus many low-lying areas face serious urban waterlogging problems, and areas along rivers are at risk of flooding.
Nature condition: Xuefeng Mount
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Yuan river De Mount
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- The change of Dongting Lake:
Flooding &Water-logging: The problem is particularly serious in the urban fringe area of Changde.
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URBAN DILEMMA_3
The contradiction between development and ecological security pattern
PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN construction materials required by sponge cities is too high, and problems such as management difficulties and relatively single evaluation criteria are common in Chinese cities. In the ideal model, the ecological security pattern and sponge city development strategies should be combined at the same time. Based on this, this project will take both green infrastructure and ecological infrastructure into consideration.
According to previous deductions, even a low-level ecological security model can only accommodate a population of 2.6 million in the Wuling District. But as of 2019. The urban population of the urban area has reached 3.14 million, and it continues to increase. (Hunan.gov.cn, 2019)
The lack of Municipal planning Municipal planning 2015-2030 The original green land, cropland, and woodland around towns are constantly being converted into construc on land.
The encroached green space Cropland Ecological reserve
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o7. Lack of Sponge city in Changde
Site loca on Construc on areas Green networks Surface water Mountains
The suggested index
of ecological security pattern in Changde is middle. (Peng, 2016) After constructing sponge cities, the number of open green spaces has increased to a certain extent. However, the strategy of sponge cities pays more attention to solving rainwater and urban drainage problems. The new green spaces involved are more fragmentary. Less consideration is given to the connectivity between green spaces. There are still shortcomings in the overall ecological security of the city. At the same time, the cost of
Green spaces in the sponge city strategies The lack of medium standard ecological security space XL design site
o8. Lack of Sponge city in Changde (Site surrounding)
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PLAN N ""E": EE"": ES EESCAPE SCCA AP PEE TO TO EDEN EDEN ED N
ESCAPE ROUTE: XXL DESIGN PROPOSAL T
he Escape route in the city scale. Slums and added green Spaces ces are used to link existing broken green Spaces in Changde, forming ing green corridors throughout the city and offer opportunities for city tyy residents and snakes to escape from the concrete forest.
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Public green space Sports green space Landscape green buffer Isola on green belt Ecological land
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2. Eden of Dreams: from "cruel green" to "Eden" green "The new parks, the modern suburbs, and the garden cities reclaimed nature at a cost. These spaces ostracized those 'others' of different classes and colors who did not fit into the story. The green veneer became a cover for the actual corruption of the earth and neglect of its poor; that green false consciousness threatened the hoped-for redemption of all people." Reinventing Eden, Carolyn Merchant, 2013
We rarely expect to encounter a snake in a city park, like them, and the poor groups live in the slums are seen as unwanted guests in the green gentrification -- banished and usurped. The XL proposal is to create "Eden" green space in the urban slums in a mode of cooperation with the local communities, while preserving the lifestyle and living space of aborigines and improving their quality of life. And try to achieve true equality among all livings.
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PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN
FRAGMENTS OF EDEN
Chapter 02 The Five Vision Extracted from Bible
Functional on the description
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Sanctuary
River of Wealth
Relationship
zoning based biblical Eden
Re-Inhabitat Genesis 3: 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 9: 10-11 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; [...] neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; [...]
Genesis 2: 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.
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Genesis 2: 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2: 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Ezekiel 36: 35 [...] and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
References for the translation
Orchard
Benjes hedge for animals
Mobile vendors _Site photo
Campfire party
Site photo
Remote control rail transport vehicle(210~230 GBP)
Location of the Five Fragments The five areas on the XL site are the chosen locations for the fragments, establishing a new way of life and labor for aborigines. Functional zoning based on the biblical Eden description
The Five Fragments The five fragments combine into a complete vision of Eden, providing a minimal lifestyle for the locals against green gentrification and anthropocentric.
Each family in the redesigned village will be allocated about 400m² of
Existing old trees will become the Sanctuary for both human and
The main production sites are linked by special small rails, and tour
Willow weaving workshops become the new activity center of the
Some empty and broken houses are converted into greenhouses,
farmland, and the Vegetable Tower will provide the seeds. Locals and
nonhuman.
routes are provided.
community.
breeding houses and crevice for small wildlife.
city residents can help themselves to vegetables at the tower.
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PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN
KITS OF DREAM
Chapter 02
When combined the need of local human and non-human, a sketch of a set of kits to finding Eden and was born.
Planting intervention Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Re-used abandoned buildings
Nees of user Leisure AcƟviƟes
T1-T2: Tree Nursey
Party
Retails
Play chess
Fishing
Bird Tower
Benjes hedge
Well irrigation
L2: Compost
Hang wicker
Tree nursery
Rail transport
Wood drying
Non human
T3: Willow bridge
T4: Street tree
Drinking
Workshop
Water piep
Farmer
Green house
Willow weaving-er
T5: Urban forest
Nature exploration
Wicker dyeing
Wood worker
T7: Garden tree
T6: Old trees
Sawmill
Storage
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Chapter 02
FIRST CONCEIVE_DESIGN MASTERPLAN_XL
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Cultivating Tree T1. Weaving Willow Nursery T2. Tree Willow Nursery T3. Willow bridge T4. Sycamore (Street tree 1) T5. Metasequoia Forest T6. Orchards T7. Added Open Garden
Tree Working F1. F1. Wood drying F2. Sawmill F3. Storage House F4. Dyeing House
Surface Water W0. Existing Rivers and ponds W1. Wetland Garden W2. Fish ponds
New Urban Village V1. Vegetables Village V2. Paddy field village V3. Fishing village V4. Willow village
Festival Square S1. Bonfire and Barbecue square S2. Exhibition Square S3. Daily Activity Square
Commerce C1. Vertical Vegetable Market C2. Fresh Market (main for meat) C3. Crafts retail C4. Food and tea supply
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Fittings L1. Inside Transport Rail L2. Compost pool L3. Workshops L4. Traditional Well L5. Main veihicel roads L6. Non-human and Human Friendly Roads
3. Cultivating Eden In order to realize the Eden dream in both human and non-human, and attract government investment. The Small scale proposal hopes to maximize the organization of the local population and by revitalizing the local traditional crafts to raise residents' income and social recognition. Living trees will be the main material for building and nurturing a future Eden in cosideration of nonhuumans.
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PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN
WEAVING EDEN
Chapter 03
Living
trees provides a possibility for cities and human to grow together, habitats suitable for both human and animals, and emotional connections passed down from generation to generation. Moreover, it benefits the current and future ecological systems of the earth, reducing many carbon emissions from traditional building materials considering how to prioritize our actions to maximize life beyond our own human lives.
Application of Willow
Why Willow? 1. Cultural identity: History and culture context of Willow in Changde - The history of Willow-cultivation is early in China. (Left: Traditional Chinese painting of Willow_ Ying Chou, 14C) -Changde is called Willow city. The biggest urban inland lake is named Willow Lake. -Willow trees are widely distributed in Changde and grow well. (o13) - Willow weaving was once famous as a traditional handicraft in Changde, but now it is in decline
Willow Lake
In the public green space
The willow has a high growth rate and low growth requirements. It is an accessible raw material in Changde. The living willow is in a natural and wild state, benefiting the ecology system and urban environment. The dead willows can also be made into a practical urban fabric through simple processing. The weaving process can also be applied to living willows. Thus it offers a bridge to connect humans and non-humans.
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Fast growing (Average DBH growth in the first four years of can reach 2-4cm/year)
Easy reproduce Ecological value CulƟvaƟon
The labor force of the weaving process was also considered; the project has selected an area with a severe urban divide. There are large numbers of unemployed and lowincome families living there. Also, there is the only official university and lots of primary schools. The project will advise governments:
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3. Advices to local government of Willow (Salicaceae)
Public parƟcipaƟon
- Windbreak - PurificaƟon ......
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Manufacturer
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Interest of Weaving Art
the local
Free workshop Along streets
Case study and inspiration
Along the dike (Photo by author)
o14. Willow in the main distribution of Changde
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Baubotanic: a fundamental approach to engineering with living plants. Supposed by Ferdinand Ludwig in 2007. The initial ideas focused on using this technology to build buildings, but the management of plant growth and weighing structures make it difficult to generalize in building areas.
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Biomass producƟon
Wood producƟon
Encourage reemployment
Weaving labors
Playing landscape elements
River/ terraces/ road bank
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However, landscape infrastructure, such as fences, walls, and river embankments, is more tolerant of the growing process of the plant. Thus provide the possibility of broader use of the technology.
Increase income
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1. Offering free weaving workshops to promote the reemployment of the local unemployed. 2. Encouraging college students to participate in social weaving practice, 3. Introducing willow weaving courses into outdoor practice in local primary schools. 4. Organizing regular weaving exhibitions, developing the interest of the public in weaving art.
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Reference: Kuzovkina, Yulia A & Quigley, Martin F, 2005. Willows Beyond Wetlands: Uses of Salix L. Species for Environmental Projects. Water, air, and soil pollution, 162(1), pp.183–204. Judd et al., 2002. Plant systematics : a phylogenetic approach / Walter S. Judd et al.. 2nd ed., Basingstoke : New York: Palgrave Macmillan, W. H. Freeman : ; Anon, 1979. Stories about Plants The Green World: An Introduction to Plants and People Richard M. Klein. Bioscience, 29(9), p.548
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o15. Application of Willow The source of cases: 1. Moesgaard Museum; 2.Stefanie Meyer &Simon Oberhammer. ©ppat.ag; 3. Laura Ellen Bacon; 4, 5, 7. Wonderwoodwillow.com; 6. JPR environmental; 8. Aleta Florentin; 9. GoJardin; 10. Unkonw_Internet.
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Chapter 03
Free of Food
Cultivating Eden No worry about the food, every thing of the garden thou mayest freely eat.
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Free of Food
Chapter 03
Human
Snake
The Tower provides the local and visitors free food and seeds. Each family in the original slums will be allocated about 400m² of farmland, and the Vegetable Tower will provide the seeds. Locals and city residents can help themselves to vegetables at the tower and bring seed back home.
Snakes have poor vision and can only see a fuzzy heat map. But it doesn't prevent them from hunting accurately. The farmland and pond preserved in the design is a happy cafeteria for them. 13°C
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Chapter 03
Sanctuary
Cultivating Eden And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you will be taken carefully.
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Willow Bridge
Chapter 03
Year 10 For the weedy areas in abandoned villages, it is proposed to form passage Spaces through willow Bridges while minimizing the intervention of local organisms
Platform 90cm
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Metal grille plate Year 1
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Year 1.5 Bundles of Willow Branches _ 12 to 15 teams a bundle
Year 2 Growing process
Planting pit_ Diameter: 20-30cm_Depth: 90cm Structure
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NEW EDEN
Chapter 03
River of Wealth
Relationship
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Cultivating Eden No need to worry about poverty and loneliness, friends will come, and so will wealth.
Site Photo 06_The Past, Present and Future of the Slum When farmland is seized, local residents lose another source of income.
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Urban fringe
4. Growing Eden The cultivated Eden brings unpredictability to the future of the city, where the living trees will always struggle to grow and the wild animals will flourish freely and begin to adapt to coexist with humans. A bold proposal is that after a hundred years, when green slowly encroaches on cities, humans and animals coexist without conquest and contradiction.
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PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN
Embracing unwanted guests
Chapter 04
The trees became towering and the green rewrapped the city. Man, non humans, and nature unconquered come together. This is a true Garden of Eden. Let's start our "PLAN E" right now, even if it's a hundred years from now.
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Appendix
PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN
Re-inhabitat
Re-Inhabitat
Re-Inhabitat Ezekiel 36: 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Local village type
paddy field
Added type
fishpond
Vegetable field
Willow plantiinng
Toolhouse and poultry production
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PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN
Re-inhabitat_ strategy
New Urban Village V1. Vegetables Village V2. Paddy field village V3. Fishing village V4. Willow village Open green space Willow bridge
50x 50m
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Appendix
Re-inhabitat_ Snake's kits
PLAN "E": ESCAPE TO EDEN