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To begin with the research phase, the multidisciplinary team starts visiting the surroundings and gets involve with biodiversity principles through the understanding of three main projects: - ODE (Oosterdokseiland, centrally located new high density neighbourhood) - GWL terrain (former Municipal Water Pipelines area) - Amsterdam IJburg (newly built up island next to a Natura 2000 reserve)

The goal is to find traces and principles of biodiversity in the city. Analysing photographs and working with a cross section are part of the methodology implemented.

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ODE (Oosterdokseiland, centrally located new high density neighbourhood) Team 01

For Oosterdokseiland we decided to work especially on the recreational and cultural value of biodiversity. But also the improvement of functional existing green to give a more pleasant identity to it. It’s also an opportunity to reconnect ecological corridors and improve Amsterdam’s blue and green framework.

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We are using two ways to do it: a long term work on wastelands and a shorter term work with communicative furniture which has an immediate effect and is easily removable.

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Potential Habitat

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Temporary park by SLA // Fredericia / Denmark

Up Among the Clouds by HASSELL // Melbourne / Australia

Eathouse by Marijke Bruinsma & Marjan van Capelle / Netherlands

Theatre Evolutif by OOZE Architects // Bordeaux / France

Green Tramway // Geneva / Switzerland

Floating islands Sun moon lake // Taiwan

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GWL terrain (former Municipal Water Pipelines area) Team 02

The GWL terrain was first used by the municipal water company as a water clearing and water pumping system for the city of Amsterdam in 1851. In 1989 the city decided that the company had to be relocated. The idea of making it a residential area started in 1993 and all the plans were finished in 1995.

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During the designing process, the future residents were included in the thinking process and they worked together with the architects for how it should look after completion. When designing the area they implemented 5 aspects they wanted to include. Those aspects are water, energy, waste, vegetation and building materials.

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Analysis 1 Community Garden

4 Private Garden in levels

2 Private Garden

5 Green Roof

3 Vegetables Garden

6 Public Playground

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Biodiversity Facts They used a rainwater filtering system on the roofs of most of the building to use that water for flushing the toilet For energy they used good isolation so that warm air cannot escape easily Waste was used for recycling, so they put containers at the edge of the area where the waste can be separated in plastic, glass and other stuff For vegetation they did some mosses and herbs on the roofs and they implemented lots of gardens en terraces in the houses And at last they used durable materials that are used from nontropical forest wood and bricks Other measures for the area were car free zone, but in order to compensate that there had to be an good public transport connection. The architects also made is it so that most of the apartments have a street level front door and a garden

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Points of depart Building for biodiversity vs. Building with biodiversity We want to generate interaction We want to build nature-inclusive in order to create a better habitat for organisms living in cities We are part of nature, we do not own it We want to live with nature, not next to it We want to enhance nature by human interaction We are not looking for (what we believe) is ‘real nature’; we focus on the interaction of species We see the city as an ecosystem, in which natural and technical (man made) cycles should be intertwined We are looking for symbioses; smart ways of organizing the coexistence of species living in the urban environment, from which all species benefit. We want to work with nature, not against nature We want to create the right circumstances, we want to design a process. We want to create starting point, not (end) results We want to - like nature - celebrate abundance, instead of minimizing our (human) impact on nature

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Analysis Hammarby Sjöstad / Stockholm

Sea Tree, Holland

Dyv-net / Hong Kong

Habitat for Urban Wildlife, Israel

Nightingale Tower, Bulgaria

Algenhaus / Germany

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Amsterdam IJburg (newly built up island next to a Natura 2000 reserve) Team 03

IJburg is a residential neighbourhood under construction in 2013 in the east of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is situated in the IJ Lake and is being built on artificial islands which have been raised from the lake. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Oost.

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IJburg consists of 6 artificial islands built in the IJ Lake. Four more islands are planned to be constructed in the future. The plans call for a total of ten islands to be constructed, but construction of these has been delayed by a Superior Administrative Court decision to annul the building permit of Phase 2 due to lack of consideration for the local environment. The main thoroughfare is IJburglaan (IJburg Avenue), which connects the islands.

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Consumption: - ‘who is joining the table?’ - ‘what is on the table?’ - ‘where is the table?’ - ‘when do we eat what?’ - ‘what inconveniences are encountered?’

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Recycling: - ‘what kinds of waste do we produce? - ‘where does the waste go?’ - ‘how can waste be functional?’ - ’what micro-biodiversity exists in (human) waste?’ - ‘how can waste be processed?’ - ‘what inconveniences are encountered?’

Principles Preparation: - ‘how can rooftop veggies be prepared?’ - ’which herbs do we use?’ - ‘what tools do we use?’ - ‘how do we clean our foods and kitchen tools...?’ - ‘...and how do we clean / filter the water?’ - ‘how do we cool / heat...? - ‘... and in what way heating or cooling affects the local climate / biotope?’ - ‘what inconveniences are encountered?’

Collection of food: - ‘where do we go for grocery shopping’ - ‘who is picking homegrown veggies and herbs from the (urban) garden?’ - ‘what edible species can be found in the urban landscape?’ - ‘can we eat that pigeon?’ - ‘how do we transport it?’ - ‘when can we harvest?’ - ‘how and where do we store our food?’ - ‘what inconveniences are encountered?’

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Growing of organism: - ‘who eats who?’ - ‘which grounds are fertile...?’ - ‘...for which species?’ - ‘how does fertilisation take place?’ - ‘what conditions can be created?’ - ‘what is the source of nutritions?’ - ‘how long does it take to grow?’ - ‘what inconveniences are encountered?’

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CYCLIC SCENARIO of EVERYDAY HUMAN PRACTICE

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Working process in progress: looking for the human scale In our multidisciplinary team where we work together on questions of urban biodiversity, we connect different disciplines; biology, architecture, social design and human geography. Together, we focus on everyday human practices by looking closer at cyclic scenarios such as the everyday food cycle. This can be seen as an example of a ‘main’ cycle of practices that can be subdivided into sub cycles such as the collection of food, preparation, consumption, recycling, and growing of food, that together are intertwined. With this approach, we would like to trigger inhabitants of the research area to engage, by collecting their inconveniences that they (already) encounter in their everyday lives. By posing questions concerning the cycles, we collect layers of data. This collection of data can provide us with points of attention that we can focus on. By choosing this ‘strategy’, we invite people to participate and encourage them to connect by discovering mutual benefits for the whole ecosystem, while at the same time improving their own living conditions. As such, the need to ‘convince’ people is transformed into an invitation to be part of ‘the bigger picture’.

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Our aim with this approach is to empower people as active ‘players’ in the ecosystem, which may make the debate around biodiversity less loaded with heavy terms such as responsibility, but places the human scale at the centre. By doing this, we can motivate the urban population to make an (bottom-up) impact.

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Analysis Tussenbuur / Holland

Tussenbuur / Holland

Boomwonen / Holland

Boomwonen / Holland

Asperen / Holland

Asperen / Holland

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COLOPHON Text: Maike van Stiphout, Mathias Lehner Editor: Renske van Veen Design: DS ©2015 Building for Biodiversity Amsterdam, April, 2015 nextcity.nl