This slide is from my lecture I held at Bergen School of Architecture, April 2011

1. (y)our alternative legacy
developing urbanity along Bergen light rail

2. Byparken
Nonneseter
Bystasjonen
Nygård
Florida
Danmarksplass STRATEGIES :
Kronstad
Brann stadion decrease the ecological footprint
for future inhabitants of Bergen City
(in a 40-80 year perspective)
Wergeland
Sletten - densification surrounding light rail stops
- strengthened mobility for soft pedestrians
Slettebk
- increase knowledge
- local recourse circle - cradle to cradle
Fantoft - local production
- local business
- strengthened local attachment
- increased local bio-capasity
Paradis
(y)our alternative legacy Hop
developing urbanity along bergen light rail
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3. #Increase current City stormwater capacity
stormwater capacity
stormwater capacity #Automobile depen-
#Automobile depen- depen-
#Automobile dence and transportation
dence and transportation
EARLY IDEAS :and transportation
dence
alternatives
alternatives
alternatives #Pedestrian streets,
CONCEPTUAL STRATEGIES streets,
#Pedestrian FOR URBANIZATION ALONG THE NEW TRAVEL LINE
#Pedestrian streets, public space, and street
ain and stormwa- publicand street street
public space, space, and design
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ment and treat- design design #The need to demon-
ndother “green”
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actices strate effective ecological
strate effective ecological design, materials, and
ase current City design, materials, and
design, materials, and methods
rent City
er capacity methods methods #Education and out-
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#Education and out- reach to the community
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the community #Advanced and in-
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#Advanced and in- novative watershed and
strian streets, novative watershed and
novative watershed and stormwater management
treets,
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stormwater management models
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#Sustainable public in- frastructure improvements
demon-
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stormwater, less
stormwater, light rail/light rail/ less cars, walkable/ bikeable
inable public in- cars, walkable/ bikeable
cars, walkable/ bikeable distance to kindergarten/
public in-
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ovements distancedistance to kindergarten/
to kindergarten/ shops/ activities, local gar-
ges between shops/ activities, local gar-
shops/ activities, local gar- dens/food/seeds/action-
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4. BACKGROUND OF THE SITUATION
LANDSCAPE, NEEDS & INFRASTRUCTURE

6. tirsdag 27. juli 2010
BERGEN - LANDSCAPE, PRODUCTIVE LAND
& NEEDS
The city of Bergen is situated on the west coast of Norway
and has been one of the most important national (and inter- escalated. Connecting Bergen to the rest og the
national) harbours in its history, with connection to the rest of world with oil. Bergen
region
=
This development of Bergen (prioritating private car infra- 100 %
The city is situated in a landscape with strong structure) has continued up until today, and still seems to be
caracter surrounded by 7 more or less steep the political mentality in the Region of Bergen.
465,68 km 2
mountains, shaped in arcs called Bergens buene. Bergen Municipality masters an area of 465,68km2. 50% of
This hilly topography causes the caracteristic this landscape is above 160m. 4,4% is freshwater surface.
humid climate the city is known for; mild humid
air from the North Sea and Atlantic comes in and The urban areas are spread out over 108,5 km2, 23,3% of the
is pushed up along the mountain sides, causing the total area of the Municipality,
temperature to drop and rain. The topography of divided into eight boroughs. With 267 860 inhabitants it is not
Bergen also makes city-planning challenging, a big city.
regarding settlement pattern and infrastrucutral
mobility strategies connected to settlement and 3,5% of Bergens area is farmland supporting only 11 780
people with food, on a vegetarian diet.
After centuries of beeing a city connected by sea through the year.
and horse (and by foot naturally), from 1900
Bergen developed connection-lines by rail. If all the 267 860 inhabitants was living on a vegetarian diet
and it was all to be produced
Bergens banen crossing the mountain to the within the Municipality it would require 333,58 km2, 71,6% of
eastern part of Norway (Oslo) was built in the
beginning of the 20th century. But also within its
city-limits and to neighboring municipalities (now The Goverments amitions for the future is that we must be
some included into Bergen Municipality) light rail able to support ourselves
lines were developed, one of them turning in with 50% of consumed food within national borders to not put
todays light rail stop, access-point : Wergeland. ourselves in a voulnerable position.
Based on these goals and ambitions to lower our eco-foot-
From the middle of the 20th century the private prints
car was more and more prioritated, and by massive a change in local political mentality is required.
development of the road system a new settlement
pattern spread out caused by the accessibility of posted by laura kl. 15:22
the car. Etiketter: :: background, :: oil dependency, :: planning,
:: politics, :: process, :: project, :: youralternativelegacy

7. Bergen City Centre and its ten satelite
centres connected by roads,
and now the light rail from the centre
to Netun in south end of the valley.
URBAN SPRAWL
-and the settlement pattern of Bergen Housing construction
Over the last 30 years housing construction
has accounted for the greatest urban growth
in terms of area. Despite the recent
intensi cation of housing construction in
the centre, population growth has still
been greatest in the outermost city districts.
The current master plan of the municipality
intends to reverse this trend by utilising
more development areas for housing
Bergen City Centre and its ten satelite and business purposes nearer the city centre.
centres connected by roads, The recommendation is to build 1,500
and now the light rail from the centre new housing units per year during the
to Netun in south end of the valley. plan period, with a clear focus on
densi cation in and around the centres
Housing construction of the city districts, the local centres and
Over the last 30 years housing construction around the light railway stops. Sixty per
has accounted for the greatest urban growth cent of the building is planned as
in terms of area. Despite the recent densi cation and forty per cent as eld
intensi cation of housing construction in development. The next few years will
the centre, population growth has still also see the construction of 2,000
been greatest in the outermost city districts. new student housing units and other
The current master plan of the municipality rental housing.
intends to reverse this trend by utilising
more development areas for housing
and business purposes nearer the city centre.
The recommendation is to build 1,500

9. WHY IS FOOD PRODUCTION
AN IMPORTANT PARAMETER IN CITY PLANNING?
production of food is space consuming
but we depend upon it......

10. VALUATION OF LAND....

11. ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
INDIVIDUAL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT AND THE IMPACT
ON OUR ENVIRONMENT
CHOICE : CAUSE AND EFFECT OF LIFESTYLE...

12. THE ECO-FOOTPRINT AND GLOBAL BIOCAPACITY
The measurement called “eco-footprint” is an abstract size or number based on the earths global bio
capacity divided by the number of people living on the planet at any time. Meaning as time goes and we
become more people our ideal eco-footprint shrinks, at the same time as our consumption increases
and reduces the planets bio-capacity. In 2008 the individual ideal eco-footprint was 1,3 gha (global
hectars), while the average Norwegian eco-footprint was 6,8.
the abstract size of “ecological-footprint” visualized in the site

13. WORLD BIO - CAPASITY
& ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Wild species and natural ecosystems are under pressure across all biomes and regions of the
:: habitat loss, fragmentation or change, especially due to agriculture
:: pollution
:: the spread of invasive species or genes
:: climate change
(Livingplanet report)
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Humanity depends on healthy ecosystems, they support or improve our quality of life, and with-
out them, the Earth would be uninhabitable. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) de-
scribes four categories of ecosystem services, starting with the most fundamental:
:: supporting services such as nutrient cycling
:: soil formation and primary production provisioning services such as the production of food,
freshwater, materials or fuel
pest control
:: cultural (including aesthetic, spiritual, educational and recreational) services.
The MA reported that biodiversity loss contributes to food and energy insecurity, increased
-
ability and quality of water, and the erosion of cultural heritage.
Most supporting, regulating and cultural ecosystem services are not bought and sold com-
mercially, so have no market value. Their decline sends no warning signal to the local or global
producers and consumers, but often undermine the biodiversity and ecosystem services on
which the production and consumption ultimately depend. The value of biodiversity to human
planet that can support its human population and one which cannot.
In a globally interdependent economy, people increasingly use ecological capacity from afar.
When China imports wood from Tanzania, or Europe imports beef from cattle raised on Brazil-
ian soy, these countries are relying on biocapacity outside of their borders to provide the re-
sources being consumed by their population.
Biocapacity is not evenly distributed around the world. The eight countries with the most bio-
capacity ñ the United States, Brazil, Russia, China, Canada, India, Argentina and Australia ñ
contain 50 per cent of the total world biocapacity. Three of the eight countries with the largest
biocapacity ñ the United States, China and India ñ are ecological debtors, with their national
Ecological debtor countries face increasing risk from a growing dependence on the biological
capacity of others, while countries with ecological reserves can view their biological wealth as
an asset that provides an important competitive advantage in an uncertain world. (Livingplanet
report)
With the consumption level of the average Norwegian, equivalent to 6,8 gha (global hectares)
in 2009 we would need about 4,5 planets to sustain our lifestyle, relative to the number of peo-
ple inhabiting the planet now. Increasing local bio-capasity, managing organic waste, re-use
of goods and resources, local food production and accessibility for pedestrians will start the
change and raise awareness around this.

14. THE IDEA OF ARTISAN AGRICULTURE
Conventional agriculture does not integrate easily into the from transforming the raw foodstuff into final products.
urban fabric. It is space consuming, requires large machinery # integrated infrastructure, water, waste-water, energy and
and heavy spraying of fertilizers and pesticides is “normal”. solid-waste management systems offer opportunities to both
Risking dust and chemicals to drift into residential areas will integrate with urban infrastructure and turn waste into shared
always be a concern and therefore conventional agriculture resources. ( Composting food waste for soil improvement,
becomes incompatible with modern city-living. treating urban runoff in ponds using it for irrigation (water
In the urban landscape of Bergen, stuck between mountain source), using waste urban heat for green houses.
walls, the artisan model can work better as it is more flexible # diverse education, the urban farmers education, or training
and adaptable. of skills, covers agroecological farming practices and possible
a range of small-business management strategies (to support
Artisan: from Italian: artigiano, is a skilled manual worker who the vertically integrated business opportunities).
makes items that may be functional or strictly decorative, # economic diversity, mixing agriculture with processing, re-
including furniture, clothing, jewelry, household items, and tail, restaurants, agro-tourism and education greater econom-
tools. The term can also be used as an adjective to refer to ic diversity is achieved in the community, new opportunities
the craft of hand making food products, such as bread, bever- for the inhabitants.
ages and cheese.
Manufacture by hand and with hand tools imparts unique and Skills and knowledge are of high value,which appeals to us
individual qualities to artisanal products, in contrast to mass and inspires us.
produced goods where every one is nearly identical.
Artisans were the dominant producers of goods before the
Industrial Revolution. Artisans employ creative thinking and
manual dexterity to produce their goods. (wikipedia.com)
When speaking of building communities upon an artisan
economy one can assume that the food produced is of good
quality and worth celebrating simply because of the knowl-
edge, skills and concern put in the effort of making it.
Other plus words relating to an artisan agrarian economy are;
# low toxicity farming, agroecological farming practices with a
minimum of toxic pesticides and fertilizers.
# high value products, for urban markets comes from smaller
parcels. A community will focus on high value products. (You
know your neighbor will suffer if you produce bad sugarpeas
or rhubarb.) posted by laura kl. 17:46
# vertically integrated economy, the focus of artisan agricul- Etiketter: :: community, :: economy, :: urban gardening,
ture is on finished food products. The local community benefit :: youralternativelegacy

16. SHORT TRAVELED FOOD
and why this is important
Small-scale processed, locally manufactured and short-trav-
elled food are
important to the environmentally conscious as it relies on and
support local economy and businesses. Supporting local
food-businesses shifts our food system from a global set of
production and economy more dependent on oil as energy
source, and a system that consumes a lot more oil.
The so called hundred mile diet, or low carbon diet as it is also
called, minimizes the emissions released from the production,
packaging, processing, transport, preparation and waste of
food.
Major tenets of a low carbon diet include eating less indus- Bergen
trial meat and dairy, eating less industrially produced food in
general, eating food grown locally and seasonally, eating less
processed and packaged foods and reducing waste from
food by proper portion size, recycling or composting.*1
Transport of food across great distances of land or sea in
high speed refrigerated ships or airplanes is a contributor to
carbon dioxide emissions in the food industry. Some studies
have argued that growing food only accounts for 21% of the
energy required for many food products. Transportation (14%),
processing (16%), packaging (7%), food retailing (4%), restau-
rants and caterers (7%) and home refrigeration and preparation
(32%) account for the rest. *2
Locavore describes a person attempting to eat a diet consist-
ing of foods harvested from within a 100-mile radius.
*1 (Randy Hall, “Low Carbon Diet’ Aims to Take Bite Out of Global Warming,” Cybercast
News Service, April 18, 2007)
*2 (Danielle Murray, “Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge,” Earth Policy Institute, May 9,
2005)
12 blue dot : hundred mile diet outline of Bergen (160 km) 13

17. introducing the food cycle
celebr
ption
the cycle of life
THE URBAN GARDENING CYCLE OF LIFE
m atio
nsu n Visualization of the processes involved around our need for food can increase our knowledge
co wa and awareness around its origin and the destination of the waste products. We have grown a
global economy depending on huge amounts of oil, and we are currently in a position to neglect
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the recourses lost by throwing away the waste products, be it organic waste or excess food.
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Using planning, regulations and education as tools we can little by little facilitate, encourage and
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show each other how to get more out of the local resources just lying there in front of us, spe-
proce
cially in a mild humid climate like in the city of Bergen, on the west coast of Norway.
gem
Explaining the steps of the cycle;
ent soil im
soil improvement, organically, means f.ex charging the soil with nutrients using compost from
organic waste, nutrient made from nettle leafs and by using clover, and other cover crops, to let
the fields rest in between productive seasons.
sting
seeding; is the start of the productive season. Schools, kindergartens and private galleries and
conservatories can be effective producers in this stage of the cycle. Either for own use or for
pro
sales.
rve
planting; in larger fields, agro-parks, vegetable gardens or in the conservatories and galleries;
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giving the seedlings good environment and enough space to grow into crops.
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harvesting; for direct use or when the time is right harvesting of the planted fields, the forest
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gardens, the forest, in the mountain or at sea. In surroundings like Bergen the opportunities are
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endless from early summer to late autumn.
see processing;the harvested raw is made into delicate products.
ng din consumption; sales of raw and processed local food-stuff in grocery stores, farmers markets,
planti g
cafes and restaurants. And of course the food used directly from your private vegetable garden,
gallery and conservatory.
celebration; of the local products and produce with festivals, farmers markets or simply dinner
parties with your family or neighbors.
waste management; urban organic waste managed locally in small scale facilities. Compost
makes excellent organic nutrient. Kept at a small scale the emission of the green gas methane
is much less than in large facilities.

18. URBAN STRATEGIES FOR DECREASING
OUR ECO-FOOTPRINT
THE FIVE ECO-FOOTPRINT PARAMETERS
# mobility
# services
# shelter
# goods
# food
ASPECTS TO IMPLEMENT TO DECREASE FOOTPRINT
# increase local bio-capacity
# enable use of nature services as much as possible
# visualization of the food cycle- “from field to fork” and facili-
tate for a “hundred mile diet”
# focus on green for production and green for “urban wilds”
Establishing areas for urban wilds attracts birds, bugs and
animals so that they don´t feed on the crops
# education - networking
# pedestrian accessibility
# densification of central areas to minimize travel time
# zero emissions building - ZEB / + housing

19. WHY?
more needs met locally = less travel = more sustainable
and other extra benefits to quality to life.......

20. Kronstad
Brann stadion
Wergeland
Sletten
Slettebk
Fantoft
Paradis

21. LANDSCAPE SECTION
ACCESS POINT WERGELAND
N density people : 8 000
( in section view)

22. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF WERGELAND
aerial 1951 aerial 2006

23. SITUATION TO NEIGHBORING ACCESS-POINTS

24. TOPOGRAPHY OF WERGELAND
model-view of site facing west, and bottom of valley
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25. LANDSCAPE / SITUATION EDGES

26. 5 MIN WALKING DISTANCE - 3 MIN DISTANCE BY BICYCLE

27. EXISTING ROAD SYSTEM

28. EXITING BICYCLE ROUTES THROUGH SITUATION

29. EXISTING GREEN : GRASS FIELDS / WOODS

30. EXISTING PROGRAMS

31. EXISTING PROGRAMS SPORTS

32. EXISTING COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE

33. POSTCARDS FROM WERGELAND

35. INVERSION CAP & TREE BORDER - ZONING LARGE SCALE FOR
PRODUCTION

36. AERIAL COMPARED TO CITY CENTER VIEW

37. DENSITY OF PEOPLE SAME,
DENSITY OF BUILDINGS DIFFERENT

38. #Pedestrian streets,
DENSIFICATION STRATEGIES AND GROWTH CALCULATIONS
DENSIFICATION STRATEGIES AND GROWTH CALCULATIONS and street public space,
design
ESTIMATED POPULATION GROWTH FOR WERGELAND (model view) 2010 -2100
(based on 15% growth every ten years) SSB : 2010 - 2030
238% ESTIMATED GROWTH NEXT90 YEARS
#The need to demon-
ESTIMATED POPULATION GROWTH FOR BERGEN 2010 -2100
(based on 15% growth every ten years) SSB : 2010 - 2030
238% ESTIMATED GROWTH NEXT90 YEARS
strate effective ecological
320 555
423 838
644 611
852 497
10 580
13 992
21 279
28 141
900 000
design, materials, and
30 000 800 000
25000 700 000
methods
20 000 600 000
#Education and out-
15 000 500 000 reach to the community
10 000 400 000 #Advanced and in-
5 000 300 000
novative watershed and
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 management
stormwater 2070 2080 2090 2100
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2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100
models
POPULATION GROWTH
#Sustainable public in-
frastructure improvements
access-point : WERGELAND ; 2010 - 2030 + 2580
#Linkages between
access-point : WERGELAND ; 2030 - 2050 + 3412 environmental restoration
and sustainable develop-
access-point : WERGELAND ; 2050 - 2080 + 7287
ment
SIZE OF LIVING SPACE - stick to your local
one persons average living space 1980 = 34 m2 (102 m3) footprint, bergen rain/
one persons average living space 2003 = 162 m3 stormwater, light rail/ less
cars, walkable/ bikeable
one persons living space after 2010= 90 m3 ( 30m3 x 3m hight)*
distance to kindergarten/
shops/ activities, local gar-
* large space is energy waste, smaller space is energy saving
dens/food/seeds/action-
ism ideas and dive in!!!!

39. MOBILITY AND DENSIFICATION AT THE ACCESS-POINTS
Mobility strategies in a situation connected
to a system like metro, train or light rail is
to develop a street structure leading to the
access / departure point. A pedestrian trav-
el circle stretches out to 5 min of walking
(approx 400 mtrs), while traveling by bike
stretches out to around 1000-1500 mtrs.
With densification strategies to limit build-
ing activity to surrounding access-points
one save land and travel time. Develop-
ing street-structures for people (instead of
cars) with shortcuts and direction towards
access-points increases accessibility.

40. DENSIFICATION STRATEGIES
300 circle &
TRAVEL CORRIDORS
Densification of the travel lines with
buildings, green and programmes
attracts people to walk and bike, as
there is more to experience on the
way to work etc.
Adding building volumes into the
in the 300 circle radius; fill in structures intensifies the
existing structure to intensify an urban tall and tight to make the street feeling.
street feeling, ligaht rail stop accessible to allowing office,-shop,-café
is important especially along the travel more people. or other commercial/public/
open window activities to
corridors leading to the acces-points. the street level intensifies the
This improves the “street feeling”, ap- feeling of an urban environ-
ment
posed to a “road feeling”, decreasing
urban sprawl.
Within the 300 mtrs radius of the
access point it is strategical to build
tall and tight (high density of business
and housing), to keep the accessibil-
ity to many haigh.
Closer is shorter is more accessible.
Desification of green zones becomes
higher as one travel further out of the
300 circle and into the areas of lower
density.

41. BUSY STREETS AND PLACES SURROUNDING THE ACCESS-POINT

42. IDENTITY, SENSATION AND DIVERSITY IN THE STREETS
Investigating concepts, shapes,
programs and attributes of the
streetscape....
What makes one block or street more
interesting than others?
With inspiration from f.ex the BORNEO
project in Amsterdam
(WEST8http://www.west8.nl/projects/all/
borneo_sporenburg/), and other street
views and experiences, I am search-
ing for some qualities, attributes, intrin-
sic values etc that gives character to a
neighborhood.
This is qualities that one can sense when
first experiencing a street or neighbor-
hood, the visual impulses and aesthetics.
But living in and being a user of a place
connects experiences of other dimen-
sions to the feeling of a place and the
care (or lack of care) you feel for it, in the
perspective of investing time and energy
to it, making it your own.

43. BORNEO PROJECT
FROM CANAL SIDE

44. The mosaic above is different images from Paris and Malmø.
Both the cities have a lot of characteristics and varieties. Especially Paris has a rich variety in programs on street level that the neighbors use;
bakery, coffeshop/cafés, grocery stores, laundry etc. Makes it possible for people to do their necessary things within their area... Which
again make the area active...

45. The two pictures below shows the facades from both sides of Nygårdsgaten here in the City of Bergen, a varied street with different programs on street
level and mostly apartments from first floor and above. How can one regulate an area or lead development into a varied expression like this? Is this pos-
sible? Maybe the Borneo development shows that it can?

46. POSSIBILITIES
+ =
densification ;
fill-in structure (creates blokcs and streets) for inside-out-
side qualities ;
public, semi-public, private
some buildings drawn back creates social spaces in streets
different type of streets different intensity in programs

47. ACTIVE & QUIET
: STREETS AND PLACES
Striving for inviting ( vs. privatized /
repellent) environments in the streets
and squares it is important to get
people out of the buildings.
Without visual connection between
people in the streets they appear
empty and unattractive.
Closed facades, especially on street
level is experienced as uninviting.
Shops on ground level of the build-
ings makes streets, places and
spaces experienced more public, and
it attracts activity.
By applying galleries on the outside
of the facades, and conservatories
in between, people living there get
a climatic zone between inside and
outside.
This can help extract some activity
from the inside, and increase more
outside activity.
The season is
extended.

48. SOCIAL SHORTCUTS
In the new structure where a differenciation in street and backyard is established and existing ;
open up for “shortcuts” (walking paths) through the structure
-increase sense of security ,“watching windows”,
-increase social meetings
-increase accessibility

49. INCREASED SOCIAL MEETINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY

52. SURFACE WATER TREATMENT
Dealing with water on the surface adds
qualities to the urban, rurban and rural
environment.
Green roofs, wetlands and permeable
surfaces filters the water before it enters
streams and ponds/lakes.
Surroundings like this also helps fight
urban heat island effect in the grey
environment of the city.
In an urban gardening environment,
surface water installations can also work
for irrigation of gardens and fields.

53. FOREST GARDENS & FOREST GARDEN:
“URBAN WILDS” SEVEN LEVEL BENEFICIAL GUILD.
1.CANOPY (LARGE FRUIT & NUT TREES)
2. LOW TREE LAYER (DWARF FRUIT TREES)
Blueberries, strawberries, 3. SHRUB LAYER ( CURRANTS & BERRIES)
raspberries, blackberries, 4. HERBACEOUS ( COMFREYS, BEETS, HERBS)
hazelnuts, rhubarb, mountain 5. RHIZOSPHERE ( ROOT VEDGETABLES)
6. SOUIL SURFACE ( GROUND COVER, EG, STRAWBERRY,
cranberries, wild garlic... ETC.)
7. VERTICAL LAYER (CLIBERS, VINES)
Forest gardens and urban wilds
gives us the opportunities to
harvest berries, fruits and nuts,
and it attracts birds and insects
away from the crops in the gar-
dens, public agro-parks and the
production fields.
forest garden zones in the urban plan

54. SITUATION TODAY - BUILDINGS AND TOPOGRAPHY

55. NEW STRUCTURE AND NEW SITUATIONS

56. ALL ELEMENTS COMBINED MAKING THE NEW STRUCTURE AND NEW SITUATIONS
access-point = the hart secondary squares public agro parks urban wilds / forest gardens
(retail, markets, shops, publ. (a shop, a tree, running water,
square) the bakery etc)
new travel lines / shortcuts larger production zone resource management site
(below inversion cap) (composting - cradle to cradle)

57. FROM THE “HART” IN THE NEW SITUATION, MIXED PROGRAMS FADES IN CONSENTATION

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