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Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25

2014-02-05T15:01:59Z

Dianaculescu:

---> back to group page [[Planting_Design_2013_-_Working_Group_25|working group 25]]

'''University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest - a new study field'''
{| align="right" width="300pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| '' USAMVB Campus''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Bucharest''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Romania''
|-
| '''Authors''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Diana Culescu, Amber Roberts, Kianoush Suzanchi, Tim Patton''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[Image:Wg_IMG_7642.JPG|300px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="44.470426" lon="26.06943" type="satellite" zoom="18" width="300" height="250" selector="no" controls="small">
</googlemap>
|}

== Landscape and/or urban context of your case ==
The proposed site is a residual space within the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest campus. It resulted when one of the oldest buildings of the University was demolished (at the end of the '90s) and since then - although it stands right in the heart of the campus - it doesn't seem to find its right place.

This green patch doesn't really have a purpose or a "landscaped face" and the plants layout makes it hard to be used by the students or the teaching staff in their every day activities. Hard, but not impossible! The lack of a proper pavement didn't stop people to cross it as a shortcut in the current movement. The image of the place and the comfort it can offer changes in bad weather.

The vegetation, peripherally disposed on the site, acts as an obstacle for the informal pathways developed all over the campus (people often use the roads in their daily routine because the sidewalks are formally made or lack frequently and, therefore, no coherent route can be established for pedestrians). So far, the plants disposition has taken into account two factors:

1) the footprint of the former building is conditioning the species and the size of the plants that can be used;

2) the empty space left in the middle represents a territorial reserve for future built development for the University.

The low efforts toward plants maintenance is another hint about the uncertainty which is characterizing the future of this little green space.

== What are the objectives of your design? ==

''Please give a short written argumentation (not more than 150 words). It is ok if you have different or even contradicting objectives within your group. Just make it explicit at the beginning of your process ''

'''Diana Culescu'''

My proposal aims to bring a new field of research closer to the campus users. The University has a broad space intended for study, but all the spaces revolve toward the "anthropic" approach of the vegetation (horticulture, fruit trees production, viticulture, vegetable farming, etc.). I think that a place where people can observe the natural processes (secondary succession) is really lacking in order to complete the research fields and the chosen site has the potential to become an emblematic space in this respect.

'''Amber Roberts'''

'''Kianoush Suzanchi'''

'''Tim Patton'''

== Analytical drawings ==
''Please add four analytical sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes) of your case. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing.''

<gallery caption="" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:2014-01-22_site_3_page_1.jpg|analytical drawing 1
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_probleme.jpg|analytical drawing 2
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_plante_resize.jpg|analytical drawing 3
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_stare_vegetatie.jpg|analytical drawing 4
</gallery>

== Projective drawings ==
''Please add four projective sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes), of course with an emphasis on planting design/vegetation aspects. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing representing his/her individual ideas.''

<gallery caption="" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:IMG_7303_cut_copy.jpg|projective drawing 1
Image:IMG_7304_cut_copy.jpg|projective drawing 2
Image:Concept_for_trail.jpg|projective drawing 3
Image:Unnamed.jpg|projective drawing 4
</gallery>

== Design Synthesis ==
''Please analyse the individual approaches presented so far and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses (you may use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis SWOT]analysis model). Try to create a synthesis and represent it with a plan and some sketches. You can still use drawings/sketches.''

<gallery caption="Design Synthesis" widths="450px" heights="450px" perrow="1">
Image:G25_Slide3.JPG
</gallery>

== Summary of the collaborative process ==
''Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).''

== Image Gallery ==
<gallery caption="" widths="400px" heights="150px" perrow="2">
Image:Wg_pan01_resize.jpg|image 1
Image:Wg_pan02_resize.jpg|image 2
Image:Wg_pan03_resize.jpg|image 3
Image:Wg_pan04_resize.jpg|image 4
Image:Wg_pan05_resize.jpg|image 5
Image:Wg_pan06_resize.jpg|image 6
Image:Wg_pan07_resize.jpg|image 7
Image:Wg_pan02_b_resize.jpg|image 8
</gallery>

== References ==
''* Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''

''* Do not use images of which you do not hold the copyright.''

''* Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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[[Category:Planting Design 2013 Collaborative Design]]

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File:Unnamed.jpg

2014-02-05T11:26:13Z

Dianaculescu: Projective Drawing - 4

Projective Drawing - 4

File:Concept for trail.jpg

2014-02-05T11:25:29Z

Dianaculescu: Projective Drawing - 3

Projective Drawing - 3

File:IMG 7304 cut copy.jpg

2014-02-05T11:24:23Z

Dianaculescu: Projective Drawing - 2

Projective Drawing - 2

File:IMG 7303 cut copy.jpg

2014-02-05T11:23:11Z

Dianaculescu: Projective drawing - 01

Projective drawing - 01

Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 25

2014-02-05T11:20:13Z

Dianaculescu:

--> Back to [[Working_Groups_Seminar_International_Perspectives_Planting_Design_2013|working group overview]]

''Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Each member has an individual page for documenting his/her personal case. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!
''

== Assignment 2 - Lecture Concept Map ==
'''Concept map for the presentation made by Andreas Nassos | VitaVerde'''

''New approaches in urban greenery from Greece and Serbia''[https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p59n46bnnv7?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal] - November 27th 2013
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Online_Seminar_Session_Nov_27th_Group_25.jpeg|
</gallery>

== Assignment 3 - Images of Nature in your Environment ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, October 30'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, December 3'''

''An 'image of nature' can be any planting design or vegetation structure. It might be on a local scale in your direct vicinity or be a part of a wider landscape structure. Each group member finds an individual page here that links to a template. You can use this template for documenting your case.''

=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A|Case Study A]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study B|Case Study B]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study C|Case Study C]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study D|Case Study D]] ===
=== Presentation Slides Assignment 3 ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Slide1 group 25.JPG|'''presentation of case studies'''
Image:Slide2_group 26.JPG|'''relation of culture and nature'''
Image:Slide3_group 25.JPG|'''planting design concepts'''
</gallery>

== Assignment 4 - Collaborative Planting Design ==

==='''[[Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25|Collaborative Design Working Group 25]]'''===
=== Presentation Slides Collaborative Design ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:G25_Slide1.JPG|'''Analytical Drawings'''
Image:G25_Slide2.JPG|'''Projective Drawings'''
Image:G25_Slide3.JPG|'''Design Synthesis'''
</gallery>

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[[Category: Planting Design 2013 Working Group]]

Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 25

2014-02-05T11:16:17Z

Dianaculescu:

--> Back to [[Working_Groups_Seminar_International_Perspectives_Planting_Design_2013|working group overview]]

''Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Each member has an individual page for documenting his/her personal case. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!
''

== Assignment 2 - Lecture Concept Map ==
'''Concept map for the presentation made by Andreas Nassos | VitaVerde'''

''New approaches in urban greenery from Greece and Serbia''[https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p59n46bnnv7?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal] - November 27th 2013
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Online_Seminar_Session_Nov_27th_Group_25.jpeg|
</gallery>

== Assignment 3 - Images of Nature in your Environment ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, October 30'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, December 3'''

''An 'image of nature' can be any planting design or vegetation structure. It might be on a local scale in your direct vicinity or be a part of a wider landscape structure. Each group member finds an individual page here that links to a template. You can use this template for documenting your case.''

=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A|Case Study A]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study B|Case Study B]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study C|Case Study C]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study D|Case Study D]] ===
=== Presentation Slides Assignment 3 ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Slide1 group 25.JPG|'''presentation of case studies'''
Image:Slide2_group 26.JPG|'''relation of culture and nature'''
Image:Slide3_group 25.JPG|'''planting design concepts'''
</gallery>

== Assignment 4 - Collaborative Planting Design ==

=== Presentation Slides Collaborative Design ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:G25_Slide1.JPG|'''Analytical Drawings'''
Image:G25_Slide2.JPG|'''Projective Drawings'''
Image:G25_Slide3.JPG|'''Design Synthesis'''
</gallery>

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[[Category: Planting Design 2013 Working Group]]

File:G25 Slide3.JPG

2014-02-05T11:13:21Z

Dianaculescu: Collaborative Design - slide 3

Collaborative Design - slide 3

File:G25 Slide2.JPG

2014-02-05T11:12:28Z

Dianaculescu: uploaded a new version of "File:G25 Slide2.JPG": Collaborative Design - slide 2

Collaborative Design - slide 2

File:G25 Slide2.JPG

2014-02-05T11:12:22Z

Dianaculescu: uploaded a new version of "File:G25 Slide2.JPG": Collaborative Design - slide 2

Collaborative Design - slide 2

File:G25 Slide2.JPG

2014-02-05T11:12:16Z

Dianaculescu: Collaborative Design - slide 2

Collaborative Design - slide 2

File:G25 Slide1.JPG

2014-02-05T11:10:50Z

Dianaculescu: Collaborative Design - slide 1

Collaborative Design - slide 1

Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25

2014-01-22T15:44:10Z

Dianaculescu:

---> back to group page [[Planting_Design_2013_-_Working_Group_25|working group 25]]

'''University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest - a new study field'''
{| align="right" width="300pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| '' USAMVB Campus''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Bucharest''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Romania''
|-
| '''Authors''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Diana Culescu, Amber Roberts, Kianoush Suzanchi, Tim Patton''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[Image:Wg_IMG_7642.JPG|300px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="44.470426" lon="26.06943" type="satellite" zoom="18" width="300" height="250" selector="no" controls="small">
</googlemap>
|}

== Landscape and/or urban context of your case ==
The proposed site is a residual space within the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest campus. It resulted when one of the oldest buildings of the University was demolished (at the end of the '90s) and since then - although it stands right in the heart of the campus - it doesn't seem to find its right place.

This green patch doesn't really have a purpose or a "landscaped face" and the plants layout makes it hard to be used by the students or the teaching staff in their every day activities. Hard, but not impossible! The lack of a proper pavement didn't stop people to cross it as a shortcut in the current movement. The image of the place and the comfort it can offer changes in bad weather.

The vegetation, peripherally disposed on the site, acts as an obstacle for the informal pathways developed all over the campus (people often use the roads in their daily routine because the sidewalks are formally made or lack frequently and, therefore, no coherent route can be established for pedestrians). So far, the plants disposition has taken into account two factors:

1) the footprint of the former building is conditioning the species and the size of the plants that can be used;

2) the empty space left in the middle represents a territorial reserve for future built development for the University.

The low efforts toward plants maintenance is another hint about the uncertainty which is characterizing the future of this little green space.

== What are the objectives of your design? ==

''Please give a short written argumentation (not more than 150 words). It is ok if you have different or even contradicting objectives within your group. Just make it explicit at the beginning of your process ''

'''Diana Culescu'''

My proposal aims to bring a new field of research closer to the campus users. The University has a broad space intended for study, but all the spaces revolve toward the "anthropic" approach of the vegetation (horticulture, fruit trees production, viticulture, vegetable farming, etc.). I think that a place where people can observe the natural processes (secondary succession) is really lacking in order to complete the research fields and the chosen site has the potential to become an emblematic space in this respect.

'''Amber Roberts'''

'''Kianoush Suzanchi'''

'''Tim Patton'''

== Analytical drawings ==
''Please add four analytical sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes) of your case. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing.''

<gallery caption="" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:2014-01-22_site_3_page_1.jpg|analytical drawing 1
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_probleme.jpg|analytical drawing 2
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_plante_resize.jpg|analytical drawing 3
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_stare_vegetatie.jpg|analytical drawing 4
</gallery>

== Projective drawings ==
''Please add four projective sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes), of course with an emphasis on planting design/vegetation aspects. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing representing his/her individual ideas.''

<gallery caption="Projective Drawings " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|projective drawing 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|projective drawing 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|projective drawing 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|projective drawing 4
</gallery>

== Design Synthesis ==
''Please analyse the individual approaches presented so far and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses (you may use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis SWOT]analysis model). Try to create a synthesis and represent it with a plan and some sketches. You can still use drawings/sketches.''

<gallery caption="Design Synthesis Drawings" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|synthesis drawing 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|synthesis drawing 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|synthesis drawing 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|synthesis drawing 4
</gallery>

== Summary of the collaborative process ==
''Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).''

== Image Gallery ==
<gallery caption="" widths="400px" heights="150px" perrow="2">
Image:Wg_pan01_resize.jpg|image 1
Image:Wg_pan02_resize.jpg|image 2
Image:Wg_pan03_resize.jpg|image 3
Image:Wg_pan04_resize.jpg|image 4
Image:Wg_pan05_resize.jpg|image 5
Image:Wg_pan06_resize.jpg|image 6
Image:Wg_pan07_resize.jpg|image 7
Image:Wg_pan02_b_resize.jpg|image 8
</gallery>

== References ==
''* Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''

''* Do not use images of which you do not hold the copyright.''

''* Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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[[Category:Planting Design 2013 Collaborative Design]]

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Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25

2014-01-22T15:41:49Z

Dianaculescu:

---> back to group page [[Planting_Design_2013_-_Working_Group_25|working group 25]]

'''University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest - a new study field'''
{| align="right" width="300pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| '' USAMVB Campus''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Bucharest''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Romania''
|-
| '''Authors''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Diana Culescu, Amber Roberts, Kianoush Suzanchi, Tim Patton''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[Image:Wg_IMG_7642.JPG|300px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="44.470426" lon="26.06943" type="satellite" zoom="18" width="300" height="250" selector="no" controls="small">
</googlemap>
|}

== Landscape and/or urban context of your case ==
The proposed site is a residual space within the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest campus. It resulted when one of the oldest buildings of the University was demolished (at the end of the '90s) and since then - although it stands right in the heart of the campus - it doesn't seem to find its right place.

This green patch doesn't really have a purpose or a "landscaped face" and the plants layout makes it hard to be used by the students or the teaching staff in their every day activities. Hard, but not impossible! The lack of a proper pavement didn't stop people to cross it as a shortcut in the current movement. The image of the place and the comfort it can offer changes in bad weather.

The vegetation, peripherally disposed on the site, acts as an obstacle for the informal pathways developed all over the campus (people often use the roads in their daily routine because the sidewalks are formally made or lack frequently and, therefore, no coherent route can be established for pedestrians). So far, the plants disposition has taken into account two factors:

1) the footprint of the former building is conditioning the species and the size of the plants that can be used;

2) the empty space left in the middle represents a territorial reserve for future built development for the University.

The low efforts toward plants maintenance is another hint about the uncertainty which is characterizing the future of this little green space.

== What are the objectives of your design? ==

''Please give a short written argumentation (not more than 150 words). It is ok if you have different or even contradicting objectives within your group. Just make it explicit at the beginning of your process ''

'''Diana Culescu'''

My proposal aims to bring a new field of research closer to the campus users. The University has a broad space intended for study, but all the spaces revolve toward the "anthropic" approach of the vegetation (horticulture, fruit trees production, viticulture, vegetable farming, etc.). I think that a place where people can observe the natural processes (secondary succession) is really lacking in order to complete the research fields and the chosen site has the potential to become an emblematic space in this respect.

'''Amber Roberts'''

'''Kianoush Suzanchi'''

'''Tim Patton'''

== Analytical drawings ==
''Please add four analytical sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes) of your case. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing.''

<gallery caption="" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:2014-01-22_site_3_page_1.jpg|analytical drawing 1
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_probleme.jpg|analytical drawing 2
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_plante_resize.jpg|analytical drawing 3
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_stare_vegetatie.jpg|analytical drawing 4
</gallery>

== Projective drawings ==
''Please add four projective sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes), of course with an emphasis on planting design/vegetation aspects. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing representing his/her individual ideas.''

<gallery caption="Projective Drawings " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|projective drawing 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|projective drawing 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|projective drawing 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|projective drawing 4
</gallery>

== Design Synthesis ==
''Please analyse the individual approaches presented so far and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses (you may use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis SWOT]analysis model). Try to create a synthesis and represent it with a plan and some sketches. You can still use drawings/sketches.''

<gallery caption="Design Synthesis Drawings" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|synthesis drawing 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|synthesis drawing 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|synthesis drawing 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|synthesis drawing 4
</gallery>

== Summary of the collaborative process ==
''Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).''

== Image Gallery ==
''You may add a series of images/photos in addition to the sketches/drawings''

<gallery caption="Image Gallery" widths="300px" heights="150px" perrow="2">
Image:Wg_pan01_resize.jpg|image 1
Image:Wg_pan02_resize.jpg|image 2
Image:Wg_pan03_resize.jpg|image 3
Image:Wg_pan04_resize.jpg|image 4
Image:Wg_pan05_resize.jpg|image 5
Image:Wg_pan06_resize.jpg|image 6
Image:Wg_pan07_resize.jpg|image 7
Image:Wg_pan02_b_resize.jpg|image 8
</gallery>

== References ==
''* Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''

''* Do not use images of which you do not hold the copyright.''

''* Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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[[Category:Planting Design 2013 Collaborative Design]]

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File:Wg pan02 b resize.jpg

2014-01-22T15:41:36Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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2014-01-22T15:40:48Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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2014-01-22T15:40:01Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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2014-01-22T15:39:11Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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2014-01-22T15:38:18Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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2014-01-22T15:37:42Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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File:Wg pan02 resize.jpg

2014-01-22T15:36:30Z

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File:Wg pan01 resize.jpg

2014-01-22T15:35:54Z

Dianaculescu: panoramic view

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Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25

2014-01-22T15:03:30Z

Dianaculescu:

---> back to group page [[Planting_Design_2013_-_Working_Group_25|working group 25]]

'''University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest - a new study field'''
{| align="right" width="300pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| '' USAMVB Campus''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Bucharest''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Romania''
|-
| '''Authors''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Diana Culescu, Amber Roberts, Kianoush Suzanchi, Tim Patton''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[Image:Wg_IMG_7642.JPG|300px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="44.470426" lon="26.06943" type="satellite" zoom="18" width="300" height="250" selector="no" controls="small">
</googlemap>
|}

== Landscape and/or urban context of your case ==
The proposed site is a residual space within the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest campus. It resulted when one of the oldest buildings of the University was demolished (at the end of the '90s) and since then - although it stands right in the heart of the campus - it doesn't seem to find its right place.

This green patch doesn't really have a purpose or a "landscaped face" and the plants layout makes it hard to be used by the students or the teaching staff in their every day activities. Hard, but not impossible! The lack of a proper pavement didn't stop people to cross it as a shortcut in the current movement. The image of the place and the comfort it can offer changes in bad weather.

The vegetation, peripherally disposed on the site, acts as an obstacle for the informal pathways developed all over the campus (people often use the roads in their daily routine because the sidewalks are formally made or lack frequently and, therefore, no coherent route can be established for pedestrians). So far, the plants disposition has taken into account two factors:

1) the footprint of the former building is conditioning the species and the size of the plants that can be used;

2) the empty space left in the middle represents a territorial reserve for future built development for the University.

The low efforts toward plants maintenance is another hint about the uncertainty which is characterizing the future of this little green space.

== What are the objectives of your design? ==

''Please give a short written argumentation (not more than 150 words). It is ok if you have different or even contradicting objectives within your group. Just make it explicit at the beginning of your process ''

== Analytical drawings ==
''Please add four analytical sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes) of your case. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing.''

<gallery caption="" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:2014-01-22_site_3_page_1.jpg|analytical drawing 1
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_probleme.jpg|analytical drawing 2
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_plante_resize.jpg|analytical drawing 3
Image:2014-01-20_plan_1_la_500_stare_vegetatie.jpg|analytical drawing 4
</gallery>

== Projective drawings ==
''Please add four projective sketches/drawings (or montages/schemes), of course with an emphasis on planting design/vegetation aspects. Every group member needs to contribute at least one drawing representing his/her individual ideas.''

<gallery caption="Projective Drawings " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|projective drawing 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|projective drawing 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|projective drawing 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|projective drawing 4
</gallery>

== Design Synthesis ==
''Please analyse the individual approaches presented so far and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses (you may use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis SWOT]analysis model). Try to create a synthesis and represent it with a plan and some sketches. You can still use drawings/sketches.''

<gallery caption="Design Synthesis Drawings" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|synthesis drawing 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|synthesis drawing 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|synthesis drawing 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|synthesis drawing 4
</gallery>

== Summary of the collaborative process ==
''Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).''

== Image Gallery ==
''You may add a series of images/photos in addition to the sketches/drawings''

<gallery caption="Image Gallery" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|image 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|image 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|image 3
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|image 4
</gallery>

== References ==
''* Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''

''* Do not use images of which you do not hold the copyright.''

''* Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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Dianaculescu: vegetation condition

vegetation condition

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Dianaculescu: context

context

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vegetation profile

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Dianaculescu: USAMVB Campus reserach field structure

USAMVB Campus reserach field structure

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Dianaculescu: Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25

Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25

Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 25

2013-12-11T18:35:35Z

Dianaculescu:

--> Back to [[Working_Groups_Seminar_International_Perspectives_Planting_Design_2013|working group overview]]

''Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Each member has an individual page for documenting his/her personal case. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!
''

== Assignment 2 - Lecture Concept Map ==
'''Concept map for the presentation made by Andreas Nassos | VitaVerde'''

''New approaches in urban greenery from Greece and Serbia''[https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p59n46bnnv7?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal] - November 27th 2013
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Image:Online_Seminar_Session_Nov_27th_Group_25.jpeg|
</gallery>

== Assignment 3 - Images of Nature in your Environment ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, October 30'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, December 3'''

''An 'image of nature' can be any planting design or vegetation structure. It might be on a local scale in your direct vicinity or be a part of a wider landscape structure. Each group member finds an individual page here that links to a template. You can use this template for documenting your case.''

=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A|Case Study A]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study B|Case Study B]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study C|Case Study C]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study D|Case Study D]] ===
=== Presentation Slides Assignment 3 ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Slide1 group 25.JPG|'''presentation of case studies'''
Image:Slide2_group 26.JPG|'''relation of culture and nature'''
Image:Slide3_group 25.JPG|'''planting design concepts'''
</gallery>

== Assignment 4 - Collaborative Planting Design ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, December 4'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, January 21'''

==='''[[Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25|Collaborative Design Working Group 25]]'''===

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[[Category: Planting Design 2013 Working Group]]

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Dianaculescu: Group 25 - short presentation of the case studies

Group 25 - short presentation of the case studies

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Dianaculescu: Group 25 - planting design concepts

Group 25 - planting design concepts

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Dianaculescu: Group 25 - the relation of culture and nature

Group 25 - the relation of culture and nature

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Dianaculescu:

'''''feedback for the group presentation on December 4th'''''

good group work, the live presentation showed that the team members have been actively collaborating during this assignment, knowing and understanding each other cases and being able to offer a cross analysis over all four case studies

'''''feedback for the wiki presentations'''''

at the wiki pages level, the situation seems somewhat different

'''Case Study A: Hyeyoon Choi'''

>detailed & interesting case study

>good level of information

>good use of photographs to illustrate the site

>analytical drawings do not communicate visually the written analysis

>projective drawings communicate idea effectively, but they don't offer phasing hints

>well written

>well presented in group discussion

'''>clear connection to seminal subject: “natural stream restoration”'''

'''Case Study B: Jeroen Geudens'''

>good case study

>analytical and projective drawings need more explanation (for example in the protective drawings there are no phasing info - which changes will be done on short term and what is envisages on 10-15 years?)

>the case has no references

>would be good to hear more of relationship with culture and nature on the site

'''>clear connection to seminal theme'''

'''Case Study C: Maria Duque'''

>very interesting case - clear rationale

>biogeography and cultural features need better description of their relevance to the project

>no analytical or projective drawings which surprising since these elements have been introduced in the live presentation

>nice image gallery

'''>its connection to planting design is not clear'''

'''Case Study D: Ladan Badiei'''

>no image or map

>no author's perspective

>no projective or analytical drawings which is also surprising since some elements were introduced in the live presentation

'''>it is an architectural case and, therefore, its connection with the seminar title is not clear; since there is not enough information to rely on, a clear relation with the seminar theme can’t be establish; it will be very interesting to find out more about this case and how the author makes the connection with the seminar theme'''

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Dianaculescu: Created page with "'''''feedback for the group presentation on December 4th''''' good group work, the live presentation showed that the team members have been actively collaborating during this..."

'''''feedback for the group presentation on December 4th'''''

good group work, the live presentation showed that the team members have been actively collaborating during this assignment, knowing and understanding each other cases and being able to offer a cross analysis over all four case studies

'''''feedback for the wiki presentations'''''

at the wiki pages level, the situation seems somewhat different

'''Case Study A: Hyeyoon Choi'''

>detailed & interesting case study

>good level of information

>good use of photographs to illustrate the site

>analytical drawings do not communicate visually the written analysis

>projective drawings communicate idea effectively, but they don't offer phasing hints

>well written

>well presented in group discussion

'''>clear connection to seminal subject: “natural stream restoration”'''

'''Case Study B: Jeroen Geudens'''

>good case study

>analytical and projective drawings need more explanation (for example in the protective drawings there are no phasing info - which changes will be done on short term and what is envisages on 10-15 years?)

>the case has no references

>would be good to hear more of relationship with culture and nature on the site

'''Case Study C: Maria Duque'''

>very interesting case - clear rationale

>biogeography and cultural features need better description of their relevance to the project

>no analytical or projective drawings which surprising since these elements have been introduced in the live presentation

>nice image gallery

'''>its connection to planting design is not clear'''

'''Case Study D: Ladan Badiei'''

>no image or map

>no author's perspective

>no projective or analytical drawings which is also surprising since some elements were introduced in the live presentation

'''>it is an architectural case and, therefore, its connection with the seminar title is not clear; since there is not enough information to rely on, a clear relation with the seminar theme can’t be establish; it will be very interesting to find out more about this case and how the author makes the connection with the seminar theme'''

Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 25

2013-12-11T10:28:05Z

Dianaculescu:

--> Back to [[Working_Groups_Seminar_International_Perspectives_Planting_Design_2013|working group overview]]

''Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Each member has an individual page for documenting his/her personal case. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!
''

== Assignment 2 - Lecture Concept Map ==
'''Concept map for the presentation made by Andreas Nassos | VitaVerde'''

''New approaches in urban greenery from Greece and Serbia''[https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p59n46bnnv7?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal] - November 27th 2013
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Online_Seminar_Session_Nov_27th_Group_25.jpeg|
</gallery>

== Assignment 3 - Images of Nature in your Environment ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, October 30'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, December 3'''

''An 'image of nature' can be any planting design or vegetation structure. It might be on a local scale in your direct vicinity or be a part of a wider landscape structure. Each group member finds an individual page here that links to a template. You can use this template for documenting your case.''

=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A|Case Study A]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study B|Case Study B]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study C|Case Study C]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study D|Case Study D]] ===
=== Presentation Slides Assignment 3 ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|slide 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|slide 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

== Assignment 4 - Collaborative Planting Design ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, December 4'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, January 21'''

==='''[[Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25|Collaborative Design Working Group 25]]'''===

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[[Category: Planting Design 2013 Working Group]]

Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 25

2013-12-11T10:26:55Z

Dianaculescu:

--> Back to [[Working_Groups_Seminar_International_Perspectives_Planting_Design_2013|working group overview]]

''Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Each member has an individual page for documenting his/her personal case. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!
''

== Assignment 2 - Lecture Concept Map ==
'''Concept map for the presentation made by Andreas Nassos | VitaVerde'''

''New approaches in urban greenery from Greece and Serbia''[https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p59n46bnnv7?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal]

November 27th 2013
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Online_Seminar_Session_Nov_27th_Group_25.jpeg|
</gallery>

== Assignment 3 - Images of Nature in your Environment ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, October 30'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, December 3'''

''An 'image of nature' can be any planting design or vegetation structure. It might be on a local scale in your direct vicinity or be a part of a wider landscape structure. Each group member finds an individual page here that links to a template. You can use this template for documenting your case.''

=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A|Case Study A]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study B|Case Study B]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study C|Case Study C]] ===
=== [[Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study D|Case Study D]] ===
=== Presentation Slides Assignment 3 ===

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:yourfilename1.jpg|slide 1
Image:yourfilename2.jpg|slide 2
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

== Assignment 4 - Collaborative Planting Design ==

*'''Assigned: Wednesday, December 4'''
*'''Due: Tuesday, January 21'''

==='''[[Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 25|Collaborative Design Working Group 25]]'''===

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[[Category: Planting Design 2013 Working Group]]

File:Online Seminar Session Nov 27th Group 25.jpeg

2013-12-11T10:17:47Z

Dianaculescu: concept map for the online seminar session - November 27th 2013 - Group 25

concept map for the online seminar session - November 27th 2013 - Group 25

Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A

2013-12-04T10:05:09Z

Dianaculescu:

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'''''Vacaresti Lake ... another world'''''

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| '''Name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| '' Vacaresti Lake''
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| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Bucharest''
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| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Romania''
|-
| '''Authors''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Diana Culescu''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[Image:Vacaresti_first.jpeg|300px]]
|-
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|-
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</googlemap>
|}

== Rationale: Why is this case interesting? ==

'''Vacaresti Lake''' is actually just a “hole” in the ground. It was born from the megalomaniac wish of a former dictator* to make Bucharest a port city to the Black Sea (over 200 km away). The dictator was overthrown, the project stopped, but Nature just went ahead. Now this so called lake - never filled with water - is hosting an '''amazing ecosystem''' that rivals with the Danube Delta [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_Delta].

There are but a few of Bucharest’s residents that venture inside “Vacaresti pit” and appreciate its beauty. For the rest of the inhabitants this is just a '''“bad” … “ugly” … “horrible”''' place next to the city center.

Recently, an article published in the National Geographic journal ''(The delta between blocks [http://www.natgeo.ro/natura/habitat-conservare/9690-delta-dintre-blocuri])'' drew attention to this space and the political environment rushed to find solutions for this “problem”. The ideas range from wishing to transform this place into a '''natural reservation''' to making a '''picnic / barbecue place''' for all Bucharest. Whatever the intentions, '''Vacaresti Lake's future is still up for grabs'''.

''* Nicolae Ceausescu was the President of Romania, between 1974 and 1989, during the communist period. His ambition generated a lot of gigantic projects. One of the most famous was “The House of People” (the Guiness Record-holder for the world's largest civilian building, most expensive administrative building and heaviest building [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament]) placed in the “Civic Center” complex which crippled Bucharest. He also wanted to transform Bucharest in a port city for the Black Sea and ordered many interventions in this respect, one of them being Vacaresti Lake.''

== Author's perspective ==
'''My interest in this particular case is three folded ...'''

First of all this is '''one of the projects recurrent in my didactic activity''' as a tutor for a landscape architecture studio. The complexity of the site touches many issues (social values, environmental concerns, space perception, public interest infrastructure, urban space design, etc.) which recommends it as a great exercise for future professionals.

This site is also '''one of the focal points for my PhD thesis''' through which I aim to develop an analysis method for the quality of urban green spaces adapted on one hand for landscaped spaces (such as parks, public gardens, etc.) and on the other hand suitable also for urban spaces where nature's laws have been enforced (as it is the case for Vacaresti Lake). This subject is rather new for Romania who is doing doing its first steps toward landscape assessment and is very far from implementing landscape maintenance programs.

Ultimately, Lake Vacaresti is holding an important place in my childhood memories and is '''a significant part of the environment that I live in''' day by day and that I am interested of as every other concerned citizen.

== Landscape and/or urban context of your case ==

'''HISTORY'''

In the past, Vacaresti area use to be a space shared by '''woody and agricultural land'''. Bucharest inhabitants used it also for the thermal springs present here at a certain time. The development of the city erased meanwhile this elements and usage patterns.

This "travel" of the city from ''green'' to ''concrete'' is also described by Dambovita river. Its once irregular banks (depicted by foreign travelers in writing or in paintings[http://www.hetel.ro/index.php/2012/03/5645/] or captured in early photos [http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7832476950/in/photostream/][http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7830471352/]) were tamed at the end of the 19th century. The first regularization of the banks was made by sanitary and safety reasons and left the riversides green within the first modernization interventions (as can be seen here [http://www.bucurestiivechisinoi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Raul-Dambovita.jpg]
and here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7831928476/in/photostream/]). The communist period brought (around '80s) the final change of image for Dambovita river, enclosing its waters in a concrete channel - more suitable for the modernization desires of Nicolae Ceausescu (some images of this intervention can be seen here [http://www.panoramio.com/user/26604/tags/Dambovita%20River] and [http://arhivafoto.ro/files/product/dambovita_001_podul_izvor.JPG]).
The modernization made in the '''communist period''' included two '''strategic intervention''': Mill's Lake and Vacaresti Lake. The first one[http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacul_Morii] intended to provide safety for the city in front of the waters' fury. The second one had a more "ambitious" goal providing the city with the '''statute of a port to the Black Sea'''. Both interventions wiped out huge chunks of Bucharest and its surrounding areas.

'''The birth of Lake Vacaresti meant also the disappearance of an entire neighborhood and of Vacaresti Monastery'''. This renowned architectural ensemble was destroyed[http://a1.ro/news/inedit/filmul-distrugerii-istoriei-manastirea-vacaresti-victima-regimului-comunist-din-romania-id159998.html] as many other worship place in Bucharest in order to make way for a "better future".

The lake was completed before Ceausescu's overthrowing, but the truth was that Dambovita river could not fill it with water and another project was started in order to bring the necessary water from another river placed west of Bucharest.

The fall of the communist regime (December 1989) meant also the end of this gigantic project. The lake remained until recently enclosed by an '''ungainly fence''' and stories began to be woven about this place. This enclosure brought a '''bad image''' for the area in the collective imagination, but also '''guarded the incredible ecosystem''' which came to life here.

*''Biogeography, cultural features, overall character, history and dynamics''
* Illustration: Map; sketches; short descriptive analyses

== Analytical drawings ==

<gallery caption="" widths="350px" heights="350px" perrow="2">

Image:2013-11-24_context_01_vD01.jpg|'''Vacaresti Lake - urban context (1)'''
Image:2013-11-24_context_02_vD01.jpg|'''Vacaresti Lake - urban context (2)'''

Image:2013-11-30_in_and_out_vD01.jpg|'''Vacaresti Lake - in and out'''
Image:2013-11-30_sectiuni_splai_vD01.jpg|'''Splaiul Unirii Street: vegetation structure'''

</gallery>

== Projective drawings ==
<gallery caption="" widths="350px" heights="350px" perrow="4">

Image:2013-11-30_perspectiva_5_ani.jpg|'''Stage 1: minimal interventions (1-5 years)''' There are several interventions that can be done in the immediate future in order to harness the beauty of this place. The steps envisaged for the first 5 years intend, on one hand, to reinsert this place within Bucharest life and, on the other hand, to properly assess Lake Vacaresti value.

Image:Colaj_2.jpg|'''Stage 1: Projective Image''' Among these minimal interventions there is foreseen the development of an urban promenade on top of the dam. This 5.5 kilometers walk path aims to attract users by offering different views (over the lake and the city) and the possibility to stop and rest or contemplate the surroundings.

Image:2013-11-30_perspectiva_15_ani.jpg|'''Stage 2: urban refurbishment (10-15 years)''' In a more distant future, the development provides Lake Vacaresti with the possibility to establish a protection program and is reconsidering the relation of this site with Dambovita River.

Image:Colaj_1.jpg|'''Stage 2: Projective Image''' The final goal of the intervention is to rise awareness among Bucharest's inhabitants about the true value of Lake Vacaresti. An appropriated space will properly run by itself even if the social pressure and the protection program will overlap on the same site. ''(in this image: visitors are only using the paths marked within the lake)''

Image:Colaj_3.jpg|'''Final stage: Projective Image''' In the end, Lake Vacaresti will become one of Bucharest's green lungs and in the same time will constitute one of its main attractions, providing also the users with extensive knowledge about Nature.

</gallery>

== Summary and conclusion ==
''Please summarize your case and give arguments for your projective design (approx 150 words).''

== Image Gallery ==

'''PANORAMIC VIEWS'''
<gallery caption="" widths="350" heights="100" perrow="2">

Image:2013-11-26_plan_panorame.jpg|''' panoramic view points'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan13.jpg|'''(1) panoramic view from the north-west corner (Asmita Gardens Towers) toward the lake - autumn'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan12.jpg|'''(2) panoramic view from the north-west corner (Asmita Gardens Towers) toward the lake - winter'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan04.jpg|'''(3) panoramic view from the north-west corner toward Dambovita river'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan05.jpg|'''(4) panoramic view of the street placed between Vacaresti Lake and Dambovita river'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan06.jpg|'''(5) panoramic view within Vacaresti Lake'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan08.jpg|'''(6) panoramic view from the east side toward the lake - spring '''
Image:Vacaresti_pan07.jpg|'''(7) panoramic view from the north-east corner toward the commercial area'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan09.jpg|'''(8) panoramic view from the commercial area in the north-east corner toward the lake'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan10.jpg|'''(9) panoramic view of the street bordering the east side of the lake'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan11.jpg|'''(10) panoramic view from the south side toward the lake'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan02.jpg|'''(11) panoramic view from the west side toward the neighboring area'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan01.jpg|'''(12) panoramic view from the west side toward the lake - spring'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan03.jpg|'''(13) panoramic view from the west side toward the neighboring area - improvised dwellings'''

</gallery>

'''THE LAKE ...'''
<gallery caption="" widths="200" heights="200" perrow="3">

Image:IMG_0448.JPG|'''border between the city and the "delta"'''
Image:IMG_10055.JPG|'''lake edge (west side)'''
Image:IMG_1147.JPG|'''external green slope'''

Image:IMG_0506.JPG|'''lake usage - fishing'''
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|'''lake usage - improvised dwelling'''
Image:IMG_0484.JPG|'''lake usage - organized visit'''

Image:IMG_0482.JPG|'''fisher-man and fisher-women'''
Image:IMG_0481.JPG|'''the lake within the lake'''
Image:IMG_0489.JPG|'''withdrawn waters'''

Image:IMG_0446.JPG|'''concrete edge'''
Image:IMG_1146.JPG|'''concrete edge'''
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|'''former dock'''

Image:IMG_10345.JPG|'''paths and improvised dwellings'''

</gallery>

== References ==

'''External links'''

[1] Danube Delta
..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_Delta

[2] National Geographic article
..... http://www.natgeo.ro/natura/habitat-conservare/9690-delta-dintre-blocuri

[3] Palace of Parliament (Bucharest - Romania)
..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament

[4] Dambovita river before modernization
..... http://www.hetel.ro/index.php/2012/03/5645/

[5] Dambovita river before modernization
..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7832476950/in/photostream/

[6] Dambovita river before modernization
..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7830471352/

[7] Dambovita river - the first modernization stage
..... http://www.bucurestiivechisinoi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Raul-Dambovita.jpg

[8] Dambovita river - the first modernization stage
..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7831928476/in/photostream/

[9] Dambovita river - final modernization stage
..... http://www.panoramio.com/user/26604/tags/Dambovita%20River

[10] Dambovita river - final modernization stage
..... http://arhivafoto.ro/files/product/dambovita_001_podul_izvor.JPG

[11] Mill's Lake
..... http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacul_Morii

[12] Vacaresti Monastery's destruction
..... http://a1.ro/news/inedit/filmul-distrugerii-istoriei-manastirea-vacaresti-victima-regimului-comunist-din-romania-id159998.html

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Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A

2013-12-04T09:59:14Z

Dianaculescu:

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'''''Vacaresti Lake ... another world'''''

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|-
| '''Name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| '' Vacaresti Lake''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Bucharest''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Romania''
|-
| '''Authors''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Diana Culescu''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[Image:Vacaresti_first.jpeg|300px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="44.400951" lon="26.132863" type="satellite" zoom="13" width="300" height="250" selector="no" controls="small">
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== Rationale: Why is this case interesting? ==

'''Vacaresti Lake''' is actually just a “hole” in the ground. It was born from the megalomaniac wish of a former dictator* to make Bucharest a port city to the Black Sea (over 200 km away). The dictator was overthrown, the project stopped, but Nature just went ahead. Now this so called lake - never filled with water - is hosting an '''amazing ecosystem''' that rivals with the Danube Delta [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_Delta].

There are but a few of Bucharest’s residents that venture inside “Vacaresti pit” and appreciate its beauty. For the rest of the inhabitants this is just a '''“bad” … “ugly” … “horrible”''' place next to the city center.

Recently, an article published in the National Geographic journal ''(The delta between blocks [http://www.natgeo.ro/natura/habitat-conservare/9690-delta-dintre-blocuri])'' drew attention to this space and the political environment rushed to find solutions for this “problem”. The ideas range from wishing to transform this place into a '''natural reservation''' to making a '''picnic / barbecue place''' for all Bucharest. Whatever the intentions, '''Vacaresti Lake's future is still up for grabs'''.

''* Nicolae Ceausescu was the President of Romania, between 1974 and 1989, during the communist period. His ambition generated a lot of gigantic projects. One of the most famous was “The House of People” (the Guiness Record-holder for the world's largest civilian building, most expensive administrative building and heaviest building [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament]) placed in the “Civic Center” complex which crippled Bucharest. He also wanted to transform Bucharest in a port city for the Black Sea and ordered many interventions in this respect, one of them being Vacaresti Lake.''

== Author's perspective ==
'''My interest in this particular case is three folded ...'''

First of all this is '''one of the projects recurrent in my didactic activity''' as a tutor for a landscape architecture studio. The complexity of the site touches many issues (social values, environmental concerns, space perception, public interest infrastructure, urban space design, etc.) which recommends it as a great exercise for future professionals.

This site is also '''one of the focal points for my PhD thesis''' through which I aim to develop an analysis method for the quality of urban green spaces adapted on one hand for landscaped spaces (such as parks, public gardens, etc.) and on the other hand suitable also for urban spaces where nature's laws have been enforced (as it is the case for Vacaresti Lake). This subject is rather new for Romania who is doing doing its first steps toward landscape assessment and is very far from implementing landscape maintenance programs.

Ultimately, Lake Vacaresti is holding an important place in my childhood memories and is '''a significant part of the environment that I live in''' day by day and that I am interested of as every other concerned citizen.

== Landscape and/or urban context of your case ==

'''HISTORY'''

In the past, Vacaresti area use to be a space shared by '''woody and agricultural land'''. Bucharest inhabitants used it also for the thermal springs present here at a certain time. The development of the city erased meanwhile this elements and usage patterns.

This "travel" of the city from ''green'' to ''concrete'' is also described by Dambovita river. Its once irregular banks (depicted by foreign travelers in writing or in paintings[http://www.hetel.ro/index.php/2012/03/5645/] or captured in early photos [http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7832476950/in/photostream/][http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7830471352/]) were tamed at the end of the 19th century. The first regularization of the banks was made by sanitary and safety reasons and left the riversides green within the first modernization interventions (as can be seen here [http://www.bucurestiivechisinoi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Raul-Dambovita.jpg]
and here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7831928476/in/photostream/]). The communist period brought (around '80s) the final change of image for Dambovita river, enclosing its waters in a concrete channel - more suitable for the modernization desires of Nicolae Ceausescu (some images of this intervention can be seen here [http://www.panoramio.com/user/26604/tags/Dambovita%20River] and [http://arhivafoto.ro/files/product/dambovita_001_podul_izvor.JPG]).
The modernization made in the '''communist period''' included two '''strategic intervention''': Mill's Lake and Vacaresti Lake. The first one[http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacul_Morii] intended to provide safety for the city in front of the waters' fury. The second one had a more "ambitious" goal providing the city with the '''statute of a port to the Black Sea'''. Both interventions wiped out huge chunks of Bucharest and its surrounding areas.

'''The birth of Lake Vacaresti meant also the disappearance of an entire neighborhood and of Vacaresti Monastery'''. This renowned architectural ensemble was destroyed[http://a1.ro/news/inedit/filmul-distrugerii-istoriei-manastirea-vacaresti-victima-regimului-comunist-din-romania-id159998.html] as many other worship place in Bucharest in order to make way for a "better future".

The lake was completed before Ceausescu's overthrowing, but the truth was that Dambovita river could not fill it with water and another project was started in order to bring the necessary water from another river placed west of Bucharest.

The fall of the communist regime (December 1989) meant also the end of this gigantic project. The lake remained until recently enclosed by an '''ungainly fence''' and stories began to be woven about this place. This enclosure brought a '''bad image''' for the area in the collective imagination, but also '''guarded the incredible ecosystem''' which came to life here.

*''Biogeography, cultural features, overall character, history and dynamics''
* Illustration: Map; sketches; short descriptive analyses

== Analytical drawings ==

<gallery caption="" widths="350px" heights="350px" perrow="2">

Image:2013-11-24_context_01_vD01.jpg|'''Vacaresti Lake - urban context (1)'''
Image:2013-11-24_context_02_vD01.jpg|'''Vacaresti Lake - urban context (2)'''

Image:2013-11-30_in_and_out_vD01.jpg|'''Vacaresti Lake - in and out'''
Image:2013-11-30_sectiuni_splai_vD01.jpg|'''Splaiul Unirii Street: vegetation structure'''

</gallery>

== Projective drawings ==
<gallery caption="" widths="350px" heights="350px" perrow="4">

Image:2013-11-30_perspectiva_5_ani.jpg|'''Stage 1: minimal interventions (1-5 years)''' There are several interventions that can be done in the immediate future in order to harness the beauty of this place. The steps envisaged for the first 5 years intend, on one hand, to reinsert this place within Bucharest life and, on the other hand, to properly assess Lake Vacaresti value.

Image:Colaj_2.jpg|'''Stage 1: Projective Image''' Among these minimal interventions there is foreseen the development of an urban promenade on top of the dam. This 5.5 kilometers walk path aims to attract users by offering different views (over the lake and the city) and the possibility to stop and rest or contemplate the surroundings.

Image:2013-11-30_perspectiva_15_ani.jpg|'''Stage 2: urban refurbishment (10-15 years)''' In a more distant future, the development provides Lake Vacaresti with the possibility to establish a protection program and is reconsidering the relation of this site with Dambovita River.

Image:Colaj_1.jpg|'''Stage 2: Projective Image''' The final goal of the intervention is to rise awareness among Bucharest's inhabitants about the true value of Lake Vacaresti. An appropriated space will properly run by itself even if the social pressure and the protection program will overlap on the same site. ''(in this image: visitors are only using the paths marked within the lake)''

Image:Colaj_3.jpg|'''Final stage: Projective Image''' In the end, Lake Vacaresti will become one of Bucharest's green lungs and in the same time will constitute one of its main attractions, providing also the users with extensive knowledge about Nature.

</gallery>

== Summary and conclusion ==
''Please summarize your case and give arguments for your projective design (approx 150 words).''

== Image Gallery ==

'''PANORAMIC VIEWS'''
<gallery caption="" widths="350" heights="100" perrow="2">

Image:2013-11-26_plan_panorame.jpg|''' panoramic view points'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan13.jpg|'''(1) panoramic view from the north-west corner (Asmita Gardens Towers) toward the lake - autumn'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan12.jpg|'''(2) panoramic view from the north-west corner (Asmita Gardens Towers) toward the lake - winter'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan04.jpg|'''(3) panoramic view from the north-west corner toward Dambovita river'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan05.jpg|'''(4) panoramic view of the street placed between Vacaresti Lake and Dambovita river'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan06.jpg|'''(5) panoramic view within Vacaresti Lake'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan08.jpg|'''(6) panoramic view from the east side toward the lake - spring '''
Image:Vacaresti_pan07.jpg|'''(7) panoramic view from the north-east corner toward the commercial area'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan09.jpg|'''(8) panoramic view from the commercial area in the north-east corner toward the lake'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan10.jpg|'''(9) panoramic view of the street bordering the east side of the lake'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan11.jpg|'''(10) panoramic view from the south side toward the lake'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan02.jpg|'''(11) panoramic view from the west side toward the neighboring area'''

Image:Vacaresti_pan01.jpg|'''(12) panoramic view from the west side toward the lake - spring'''
Image:Vacaresti_pan03.jpg|'''(13) panoramic view from the west side toward the neighboring area - improvised dwellings'''

</gallery>

'''THE LAKE ...'''
<gallery caption="" widths="200" heights="200" perrow="3">

Image:IMG_0448.JPG|'''border between the city and the "delta"'''
Image:IMG_10055.JPG|'''lake edge (west side)'''
Image:IMG_1147.JPG|'''external green slope'''

Image:IMG_0506.JPG|'''lake usage - fishing'''
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|'''lake usage - improvised dwelling'''
Image:IMG_0484.JPG|'''lake usage - organized visit'''

Image:IMG_0482.JPG|'''fisher-man and fisher-women'''
Image:IMG_0481.JPG|'''the lake within the lake'''
Image:IMG_0489.JPG|'''withdrawn waters'''

Image:IMG_0446.JPG|'''concrete edge'''
Image:IMG_1146.JPG|'''concrete edge'''
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|'''former dock'''

Image:IMG_10345.JPG|'''paths and improvised dwellings'''

</gallery>

== References ==

'''External links'''

[1] Danube Delta
..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_Delta

[2] National Geographic article
..... http://www.natgeo.ro/natura/habitat-conservare/9690-delta-dintre-blocuri

[3] Palace of Parliament (Bucharest - Romania)
..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament

[4] Dambovita river before modernization
..... http://www.hetel.ro/index.php/2012/03/5645/

[5] Dambovita river before modernization
..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7832476950/in/photostream/

[6] Dambovita river before modernization
..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7830471352/

[7] Dambovita river - the first modernization stage
..... http://www.bucurestiivechisinoi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Raul-Dambovita.jpg

[8] Dambovita river - the first modernization stage
..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/61481364@N07/7831928476/in/photostream/

[9] Dambovita river - final modernization stage
..... http://www.panoramio.com/user/26604/tags/Dambovita%20River

[10] Dambovita river - final modernization stage
..... http://arhivafoto.ro/files/product/dambovita_001_podul_izvor.JPG

[11] Mill's Lake
..... http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacul_Morii

[12] Vacaresti Monastery's destruction
..... http://a1.ro/news/inedit/filmul-distrugerii-istoriei-manastirea-vacaresti-victima-regimului-comunist-din-romania-id159998.html

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File:2013-11-30 perspectiva 15 ani.jpg

2013-12-04T07:01:08Z

Dianaculescu: Stage 2: urban refurbishment (10-15 years)

Stage 2: urban refurbishment (10-15 years)

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2013-12-04T06:59:01Z

Dianaculescu: Stage 1: minimal interventions (1-5 years)

Stage 1: minimal interventions (1-5 years)

Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A

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Dianaculescu:

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Dianaculescu: Vacaresti Lake - Protective Drawing 4

Vacaresti Lake - Protective Drawing 4

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Dianaculescu: Vacaresti Lake - Projective Drawing 3

Vacaresti Lake - Projective Drawing 3

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Dianaculescu: Vacaresti Lake - Projective Drawing 2

Vacaresti Lake - Projective Drawing 2

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2013-11-30T21:44:50Z

Dianaculescu: Splaiul Unirii Street: vegetation structure

Splaiul Unirii Street: vegetation structure

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2013-11-30T21:42:19Z

Dianaculescu: Vacaresti Lake - in and out

Vacaresti Lake - in and out

Planting Design 2013 Working Group 25 - Case Study A

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Dianaculescu: