Urban Agriculture for creative row housing as a way of Smart Living. The Case study of Woensel- West, Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven University of Technology | Thesis Project
Supervisors: prof. dr. ir. Bauke de Vries, ir. Maarten Willems, ir. Tom Veeger
This graduation project was conducted in the Smart living studio in the Faculty of the Built Environment in TU/e. In this project, urban agriculture is suggested as a possible way of improving the urban quality of life and home farming in the urban houses is proposed as a way of establishing smart living. This idea is implemented in a Dutch middle-class row house in a creative and sustainable way and the design is proposed for the area of Woensel- West in Eindhoven.The site of the project is in the heart of Woensel-West in Eindhoven and its borders are defined by the streets Celsiusstraat, Brugmanstraat, Fahrenheitstraat, and the Celsiusplein. Its position in the area is important, as it stands at the end of Edisonstraat, one of the major streets in the area.The project is structured with a view to achieving two main intended results: Firstly, the implementation of the small and bigger scale activities of urban agriculture in the urban house with the use of new technological advances. Secondly, the provision of a better quality of life to residents of cities in two dimensions; psychologically, by the improvement of the social life of the residents, and physically, by the provision of a healthier nutrition. In this way, the urban houses will provide their residents with fresh food and encourage them to develop better interpersonal relationships at a family and communal level.
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