Forest Urbanisms

How forest urbanism can address the contemporary socio-ecological crisis

A radical redefinition of how humanity occupies the earth — through forests, agriculture, and settlement — and rearticulates environmental stewardship by intertwining ecologies and urbanisms, this publication brings together essays by scholars in forestry, urbanism and other disciplines, designers, practitioners and policy makers. It explores the multifaceted notion of forest urbanisms, including a conceptual framing essay; contributions from the sciences such as bioscience engineering, architecture, urbanism and public policy; contemporary forest urbanism projects and explorative essays that make tangible an agenda for the 21st century. With descriptions of both built and non-built projects from around the globe, the essays show how such projects substantiate a radical shift in humankind’s occupation of the world, where ecologies and urbanisms converge and agriculture, forests, and settlements are integrated.

Forest Urbanisms extends growing research on a new nature–culture relationship, the necessity for trees in cities, and a rebalancing of ecology and urbanism.

Contributing authors: Chiara Cavalieri (UC Louvain), Cecil Koninendijk (Nature Based Solutions Institute), Rik De Vreese (European Forest Institute), Bart Muys (KU Leuven), Colleen Murphy-Dunning (Yale University), Bureau Bas Smets, Kongjian Yu (Turenscape), Wim Wambecq and Joris Moonen (MIDI), Embyá Paisagens & Ecossistemas, EFFEKT, TCL, aldayjover architecture and landscape, Björn Bracke (KU Leuven / Kollektif Landscape), Koenraad Danneels (KU Leuven), Marlène Boura (Biotope Environnement, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale), Swagata Das (KU Leuven), Kamni Gill (University of Manitoba), Alejandra Parra-Ortiz (University of Montreal), Gina Serrano-Aragundi (EPA Barranquilla Verde), Jörg Rekittke (University College Dublin), Takako Tajima (University of Southern California), Jamie Vanucchi (Cornell University), Maria Goula (Cornell University)

Ebook available in Open Access.

FOREWORD
PREFACE

FRAMING FOREST URBANISMS
A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AGENDA
Bruno De Meulder, Kelly Shannon

FORESTS & SCIENCE
I. THE 3 + 30 + 300 RULE FOR URBAN FORESTRY
Chiara Cavalieri, Cecil Konijnendijk

II. ON THE NEED OF LARGE OLD TREES TO KEEP CITIES YOUNG AND VIBRANT
Rik De Vreese, Bart Muys

III. INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE URBAN FORESTRY
Colleen Murphy-Dunning

FOREST URBANISMS PROJECTS
I. LANDSCAPE AFTER NATURE
Bureau Bas Smets

II. FISH TAIL PARK
Kongjian Yu, Turenscape

III. DEN HOUT 2040
Wim Wambecq, Joris Moonen, MIDI

IV. SALVADOR ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN
Embyá Paisagens & Ecossistemas

V. ‘NATURE VILLAGE’
EFFEKT

VI. TRANSFORMING SOUTHBANK BOULEVARD
TCL

VII. MADRID METROPOLITAN FOREST (ZONE 4)
aldayjover architecture and landscape

FOREST URBANISMS EXPLORATIONS
I. NATIVE, EXOTIC OR FUTURE-PROOF? NAVIGATING URBAN TREE PLANTING IN THE BRUSSELS MAELBEEK VALLEY
Björn Bracke, Koenraad Danneels, Marlène Boura

II. FORESTING A CHAR IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY IN ASSAM, INDIA
Swagata Das, Kelly Shannon, Bruno De Meulder

III. VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE FORESTS. THE CULTIVATION OF SHADE IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA
Kamni Gill

IV. BRIDGING GREEN GAPS. EMPOWERING PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE THROUGH TREE PLANTING IN BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA
Alejandra Parra-Ortiz, Gina Serrano-Aragundi

V. URBAN FORESTS AS POST-MANICURE OUTDOOR DESIGN TYPES
Jörg Rekittke

VI. A FENCE THAT GREW A FOREST. A STRATEGY FOR A PARK AT PACHACAMAC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SANCTUARY
Takako Tajima

VII. FOREST LOGICS, LENSES AND ORDERS. TOWARDS A CLIMATE-FORWARD FOREST URBANISM ALONG THE ERIE CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR
Jamie Vanucchi, Maria Goula

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
COLOPHON

Bruno De Meulder

Bruno De Meulder is professor of urbanism at KU Leuven. His research focuses on colonial and post-colonial as well as postindustrial contexts, combining historical analysis with design scenarios.

Kelly Shannon

Kelly Shannon is professor of urbanism at KU Leuven. Her research is at the crossroads of interpretative mapping and projective cartographies, focusing on landscape urbanism to rebalance ecology and development.

Chiara Cavalieri

Cecil Koninendijk

Rik De Vreese

Bart Muys

Colleen Murphy-Dunning

Bas Smets

Kongjian Yu

Wim Wambecq

Joris Moonen

Bruno Amadei

Liv Elbirk

Kate Cullity

Margarita Jover

Björn Bracke

Koenraad Danneels

Marlène Boura

Swagata Das

Kamni Gill

Alejandra Parra-Ortiz

Gina Serrano-Aragundi

Jörg Rekittke

Takako Tajima

Jamie Vanucchi

Maria Goula