Postcards from the blue heart : landscape change In the Dutch lowlands
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2015.
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| author | Bode, Claudia, M. Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Ana Miljacki. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/992602019-04-12T11:55:15Z Postcards from the blue heart : landscape change In the Dutch lowlands Landscape change In the Dutch lowlands Bode, Claudia, M. Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ana Miljacki. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Architecture. Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2015. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-105). The Green Heart is an agricultural area situated in the center of the Randstad, a metropolis in the Western Netherlands. Like the rest of Holland, it is a constructed landscape. The region is facing twin challenges: the need to make room for water as a strategy to deal with climate change, and the fact that the liberalization of the European dairy industry will make it exceedingly difficult for small family farms to compete in the global market. Certain places retain a historical, urban or cultural significance that transcends their physical or ecological properties; in its embodiment of the Dutch pastoral, the Green Heart has become such a landscape. The pastoral myth has very real ramifications for the identity of the Randstad, and must be carefully negotiated in any intervention that attempts to change the image or form of the Green Heart. This thesis investigates how new natures can be constructed within the myth of the pastoral, through a study of this Dutch lowland landscape and a design proposal that encompasses the landscape and the architectural scales. The "Blue Heart" is both a strategic intervention that reinterprets additional water as an economic boon, as well as a building typology that enables farmers to capitalize on this new nature. by Claudia Bode. M. Arch. 2015-10-14T15:01:44Z 2015-10-14T15:01:44Z 2015 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99260 922640387 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 156 pages application/pdf e-ne--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Bode, Claudia, M. Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postcards from the blue heart : landscape change In the Dutch lowlands |
| title | Postcards from the blue heart : landscape change In the Dutch lowlands |
| title_full | Postcards from the blue heart : landscape change In the Dutch lowlands |
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| title_short | Postcards from the blue heart : landscape change In the Dutch lowlands |
| title_sort | postcards from the blue heart landscape change in the dutch lowlands |
| topic | Architecture. |
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