Nurture in Nature

Contributing to childhood development in Bressoux & Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity

Master thesis (2023)

Authors

J. Ooijevaar Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

P.E.L.J.C. Vermeulen Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
E.P.N. Schreurs Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
A.B.J. van Deudekom Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
R.M. van der Schans Teachers of Practice / A - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2023 Jasmijn Ooijevaar
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Published Date

05-07-2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

'The Scarred City', the theme of the Urban Architecture graduation studio in 2022/2023. This location-based studio started with Droixhe/Bressoux, a troublesome and difficult area in Liège (Belgium), as the overarching project site. Starting with fieldwork and participatory research into the hidden social structures of Bressoux and Droixhe and resulting in the importance and absence of nature in the area and its relevance, this thesis grew into a project aiming to contribute to childhood development in Bressoux and Droixhe by strengthening nature connectivity. Drawing workshops on the theme: 'what is nature?' with primary schools in Rotterdam, in comparable demographic neighbourhoods, where key to understanding children's perception of nature and observing their nature connectivity and inspired and aided in the design of a children’s community/leisure centre in Park de l’Oasis. A building which functions as the anchor between child and nature and where the design and its current natural environment go hand in hand to achieve the project’s aim.