LIFELONG LEARNING THROUGH GREEN URBAN GARDENS

Nissen, Anders

4. Term

Sustainable Design (M.SC)

2020

2020-06-04

67 pages

This study investigates how green urban gardens can help the facilitation process of lifelong learning in a Danish municipality. I investigate the current state of Vallensbæk Municipality and their plan for city development. Here, the municipality is focusing on the development of a smart city through the use of technology. Already, they have implemented initiatives like smart trash bins and traffic control. The goal of the municipality is to resource optimize the municipality and to create a higher living standard for the people of the municipality. By investigating examples I look into the current trends in city development and how a technological smart city may create a higher living standard through the use of Multi-Level perspective. Furthermore, I investigate how other cities around the world has implemented green urban gardens, and how this ties together with lifelong learning. Moreover, I have created a prototyping space for event driven change, to evaluate how an event driven concept could work in the real world. Lastly, I propose one path for Vallensbæk municipality, where they through the use of green urban gardens can create a possible learning network between the garden and other local learning institutions. This is expected to provide a visible, easily accessible opportunity for the inhabitants of Vallensbæk municipality to maintain and strengthen the culture of lifelong learning.

Greening ; Urban garden ; lifelong learning ; MLP ; Multi-level perspective ; future citites ; smart cities

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