Afstudeerpresentatie Antoine Fourrier (Master of Landscape Architecture)

vrijdag 28 oktober 2016, 14:00 - 15:30 uur
Academie van Bouwkunst
Waterlooplein 211-213
1011 PG Amsterdam

Landschapsarchitect Antoine Fourrier is onlangs afgestudeerd aan de Academie van Bouwkunst. Vrijdagmiddag 28 oktober presenteert hij zijn afstudeerproject 'A Vegetable Garden for Paris: Le Plateau de Saclay'.

'In the last years, the urban sprawl phenomenon has particularly affected our peri-urban agricultural areas. Due to the growth of our cities and consequent strong demand in housing, farmland disappears each year more and more. This has become a source of growing social, ecological and cultural concern. The case of the peri-urban farmland of Saclay in France is a good example of this problem.

Located on top of a plateau, Saclay is one of the largest agricultural areas within the outskirts of Paris. The area is part of the Grand Paris urban plan and in the near future will become the ‘French Silicon Valley’, a cluster of research and science. This place has both an agricultural and a heritage interest. Despite their industrial practices, the farmers of Saclay has been seeking to get closer to the consumer. They formed community-supported agriculture associations and are greatly appreciated by people. They also have been protesting against the urbanisation of their fertile lands with the support of public opinion. If people are keen to protect Saclay, it is because this place is a landscape heritage. Indeed, back in the time, the water system of Saclay and its aquaduct used to provide water for the fountains of Versailles.

The ambition of this project is to make Saclay a meaningful agricultural landscape for the metropolis, instead of being a building reserve. This project will investigate how fresh food production can be a driving force for peri-urban areas.'

Afstudeercommissie: Ruut van Paridon (mentor), Gianluca Tramutola, Jana Crepon. Toegevoegde leden t.b.v. het examen: Harm Veenenbos, Niké van Keulen.

Bekijk het afstudeerwerk van Antoine Fourrier op de website Lichtingen 2016.

Bezoekersinformatie
Vrijdag 28 oktober 2016, start 16.00 uur, in de Hoge Zaal van de Academie van Bouwkunst, Waterlooplein 213 in Amsterdam. Reserveren is niet nodig. De Academie is goed bereikbaar met de auto en het openbaar vervoer. 

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