Talk:Planting Design 2013 Working Group 24 - Case Study B

Case Study B - Vacaresti Lake in Bucharest, Romania

Interesting case study since it explores a very common problem to most of the cities worldwide: natural places vs. urbanization lobbies.

Questions that may be interesting to reflect about:

(1) The “natural place”, is not really that “natural”, since it was artificially created: before it was a terrain used to agriculture, now it is something completely different - a big lake with an incredible variety of vegetation that provides habitat to a great amount of protected animals and that plays an important role in terms of air and water purification. Do you think the current created scenario has more value than the previous one? Why? In what aspects?

(2) Real estate development is threatening this place. You, as an urban planner and landscape architect, can see this problem, but what is the general point of view of the population of Bucharest? What is the image of the people about the place? Do they like it? Do they see it a place that belongs do them and do they use it regularly? Are they against the real estate development that is occurring?

Liked your analytical and projective drawings! The philosophy of allowing some permeability between the lake and the urbanized areas in the edges, while guarantying a more protected area in the center of the lake, seems really nice! Liked the idea of creating different grades of protection (1, 2, 3).

Liked your work! :)