Realizing Emergent Ecologies: Nature-Based Solutions from Design to Implementation

Rob Roggema () and Nico Tillie
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Rob Roggema: Technologico de Monterrey, School of Architecture, Arts and Design, Monterrey Campus, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Nico Tillie: Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, 2628BL Delft, The Netherlands

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: The current state of nature is concerning. The levels of biodiversity are rapidly decreasing; existing policies sketch ambitious objectives, but their effectiveness is relatively low. This is caused by a combination of three main elements: physical elements, planning processes, and psychological reasons. In dealing with these deeply rooted problems, following qualities are missing: attention to planning and design in nature-based solution policies, the gap between plan and execution of plans, and the transformation to eco-leadership of young people. In four consecutive years, research design studios have been executed, in which students collaboratively design eco-solutions for complex and urgent problems. The core subjects of each of these studios were four interlinked aspects of eco-design: (1) designing in parallel at master plan and concrete project level, (2) planning, designing and building within a short period, (3) the emergence and succession of ecosystems on site, and (4) ecological leadership practice. By investigating these aspects year after year, designing integrated and coherent solutions, and realizing these solutions in built form, an ecological spatial framework emerged within which smaller projects were and will be embedded. This way, the ecosystem on campus grows, matures, and develops as a self-regulating system. Moreover, new leadership emerged amongst the young participants in the research design studios.

Keywords: biodiversity; nature-based solutions; research by design; eco-leadership; landscape-driven design; eco-campus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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