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Under the trees, into the woods Picture: omgeving.be International Summer School Ghent, Belgium - September 5-14, 2020 Worldwide, (sub)urbanized regions are looking for strategies to plant more urban trees and forests in order to enlarge the tree canopy cover. In the light of climate change and the transition to resilient territories, there is a growing understanding of the importance of trees and forests for society. Flanders (the northern part of Belgium) is one of the least forested areas in Europe and does not succeed in increasing the tree canopy cover. It seems as if there is no place for more trees and forests in this urbanized region, characterized by an extensive urban sprawl and heterogeneous landscape where nearly every square metre of land is intensively ’taken’. Yet there ís quite a lot of space where trees and forests can grow. However, this space oſten remains ‚invisible‘ because it is related to other types of land use or is ‘untouchable’ because of sectoral claims. ere is, with other words, a need to find new spatial systems, strategies and concepts to intertwine more trees and forests within the urban fabric. e aim of the summer school is to explore possibilities and test concepts to intertwine trees and forests within the urban fabric, ranging from the micro to regional scale. e focus will be on the interfaces between trees/forest and other types of land use. is means the interfaces where for example housing/working/food production/mobility meet up and interact with trees and forest, where synergies can arise but ‚frictions‘ as well. Starting points are the spatial characteristics of trees and forests, process characteristics and the multitude of contributions that trees and forests provide to people (also refered to as ‘ecosystem services’). For the summer school the focus will be on landscape-architectural and socio-ecological aspects. During the course of this summer school, a range of lectures of both international and local experts and stakeholders will ‘feed’ the design process. A reader and landscape analysis of the study area will be provided to each participant before the start of the summer school. e summer school is linked to the ongoing Treescape doctoral research project, focusing on the exploration of new strategies and concepts to intertwine trees and forests in urbanized territories. Organization Drs. Bjoke Carron, Prof. Hans Leinfelder, Prof. Jos Van Orshoven (KU Leuven) With contributions and supervision of Prof. Alan Simson (Leeds Beckett University), Prof. Günther Vogt (ETH/Vogt Landscape Architects), Prof. Anders Busse Nielsen (Danish Nature Agency - tbc), Prof. Hans Leinfelder (KU Leuven), Prof. Bart Muys (KU Leuven), Prof. Erik Van Daele (KU Leuven), Joris Van Reusel (KU Leuven/HOP.office). Calender Arrival: before September 5 th 2020 Summer school: September 5 nd -14 th 2020 Departure: aſter September 14 th 2020 Application and deadline Eligible for participation are all (international) master students, recent graduates (between 2017 and 2019) and young researchers in the fields of Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Design or Urban Planning and Forestry. Availability: max. 20 participants Deadline for application: May 1 st 2020 Confirmation of acceptance: May 15 th 2020 Deadline for registration payment: June 1 st 2020 Interested candidates should send their CV, a motivation letter (maximum 300 words in English), including maximum 3 images (150 dpi), to bjoke. [email protected]. Fee Students enrolled in Master programmes at the KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture: no registration fee. Other students: €200 registration fee. All participants book and pay their personal travel and accommodation costs and agree to be present at the start of the summer school, at a later communicated meeting point (late arrivals or early leave will not be accepted). For more information, contact: [email protected].
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Under the trees, into the woods
Picture: omgeving.be
International Summer School Ghent, Belgium - September 5-14, 2020
Worldwide, (sub)urbanized regions are looking for strategies to plant more urban trees and forests in order to enlarge the tree canopy cover. In the light of climate change and the transition to resilient territories, there is a growing understanding of the importance of trees and forests for society.
Flanders (the northern part of Belgium) is one of the least forested areas in Europe and does not succeed in increasing the tree canopy cover. It seems as if there is no place for more trees and forests in this urbanized region, characterized by an extensive urban sprawl and heterogeneous landscape where nearly every square metre of land is intensively ’taken’. Yet there ís quite a lot of space where trees and forests can grow. However, this space o� en remains ‚invisible‘ because it is related to other types of land use or is ‘untouchable’ because of sectoral claims. � ere is, with other words, a need to � nd new spatial systems, strategies and concepts to intertwine more trees and forests within the urban fabric.
� e aim of the summer school is to explore possibilities and test concepts to intertwine trees and forests within the urban fabric, ranging from the micro to regional scale. � e focus will be on the interfaces between trees/forest and other types of land use. � is means the interfaces where for example housing/working/food production/mobility meet up and interact with trees and forest, where synergies can arise but ‚frictions‘ as well. Starting points are the spatial characteristics of trees and forests, process characteristics and the multitude of contributions that trees and forests provide to people (also refered to as ‘ecosystem services’). For the summer school the focus will be on landscape-architectural and socio-ecological aspects.
During the course of this summer school, a range of lectures of both international and local experts and stakeholders will ‘feed’ the design process. A reader and landscape analysis of the study area will be provided to each participant before the start of the summer school.
� e summer school is linked to the ongoing Treescape doctoral research project, focusing on the exploration of new strategies and concepts to intertwine trees and forests in urbanized territories.
Organization Drs. Bjoke Carron, Prof. Hans Leinfelder, Prof. Jos Van Orshoven (KU Leuven) With contributions and supervision of Prof. Alan Simson (Leeds Beckett University), Prof. Günther Vogt (ETH/Vogt Landscape Architects), Prof. Anders Busse Nielsen (Danish Nature Agency - tbc), Prof. Hans Leinfelder (KU Leuven), Prof. Bart Muys (KU Leuven), Prof. Erik Van Daele (KU Leuven), Joris Van Reusel (KU Leuven/HOP.o� ce).
CalenderArrival: before September 5th 2020 Summer school: September 5nd-14th 2020 Departure: a� er September 14th 2020
Application and deadlineEligible for participation are all (international) master students, recent graduates (between 2017 and 2019) and young researchers in the � elds of Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Design or Urban Planning and Forestry.
Availability: max. 20 participants
Deadline for application: May 1st 2020 Con� rmation of acceptance: May 15th 2020 Deadline for registration payment: June 1st 2020
Interested candidates should send their CV, a motivation letter (maximum 300 words in English), including maximum 3 images (150 dpi), to [email protected].
FeeStudents enrolled in Master programmes at the KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture: no registration fee. Other students: €200 registration fee.
All participants book and pay their personal travel and accommodation costs and agree to be present at the start of the summer school, at a later communicated meeting point (late arrivals or early leave will not be accepted). For more information, contact: [email protected].
