Urban Agri_Polis: Agricultural production strategy for London Thames Gateway

Hedegaard Christensen, Rikke ; Margret Reynisdottir, Eva

4. term

Urban Design, Master

2009

2009-01-06

130 pages

Urban Agri_Polis is a new visionary city concept that seeks to regenerate a sustainable relationship between urban city life and agricultural production. Urban Agri_Polis is a fusion between two worlds; it is a place where urbanity meets rural agricultural production, where the grey concrete meets the green nature and where the pulsating city dweller meets the reality of the farmers’ everyday life. Urban Agri_Polis seeks to promote a balanced harmony between the build environment and agricultural production - supporting each other in harmony and in respect each other existence. The title of the project; Urban Agri_ Polis defines the combination of urbanity defined by the dense city structure, agriculture which is defined as commercial agricultural production and polis that refers to the pulsating life of the urban metropolis. Urban Agri-Polis is a vision for London Thames Gateway that seeks to illustrate the spatial and environmental consequences of integrating agricultural activity within the boundary of Greater London. By integrating a food-production strategy to the London Thames Gateway, London will establish itself as a promoter, or as a centre for agriculture and food excellence; a sustainable blueprint for other towns and cities throughout the world to adopt.

Urban Agri_Polis er et visionær by bykoncept der forsøger at genskabe et bæredygtigt forhold mellem det urbane byliv og landbrugs produktion. Urban Agri_Polis er en fusion mellem to verdner; en verden hvor urbanitet møder rural landbrugsproduktion, hvor det grå beton møder den grønne natur og hvor byboerens pulserende liv møder bonemandens hverdag. Urban Agri_Polis forsøger at fremme et afbalanceret forhold mellem den byggede by og landbruget, som formodes at ville understøtte hinanden i harmoni og med respekt for hinandens eksistens. Tiltel Urban Agri_Polis beskriver kombinationen af urbanitet, defineret som byens tætte struktur, landbrug, defineret som kommerciel landbrugs produktion og Polis som referer til storbyens pulserende liv. Urban Agri_Polis er en vision for London Thames Gateway der forsøger at illustrerer de rumlige og miljømæssige konsekvenser ved at integrerer landbrugsproduktion inden for Londons grænser. Ved at integrerer en landbrugsstrategi, i London Thames Gateway, vil London kunn promovere sig selv som et center for landbrug og madkundskab; et bæredygtigt varemærke som andre storbyet over hele verden kan adoptere.

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