ForestVoltaics thesis project wins audience award 2022 Sunday conference

ForestVoltaics thesis project wins audience award 2022 Sunday conference

The Master thesis project by Sam van den Oeterlaar about ForestVoltaics won the audience award of the 2022 Sunday Conference. The project was supervised by Igor Sirnik and Sven Stremke, both Wageningen University & Research, and was conducted under the umbrella of the Wageningen Solar Research Programme. Thesis abstract: Afforestation is becoming politically popular to boost biological carbon sequestration to reduce climate change effects....

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Landscape Atelier ‘Cultivating Energies’ at 2021 Uniscape conference in Florence

Landscape Atelier ‘Cultivating Energies’ at 2021 Uniscape conference in Florence

Landscape atelier Cultivating Energies: The High Density Energy Landscape research group (HDEL) of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and the chaire Paysage et Énergie at the École nationale supérieure de paysage Versailles (ENSP) together organize a so-called landscape atelier in Florence. The atelier entitled “Cultivating energies” is part of the 2021 Uniscape Conference and set in the magnificent Bardini gardens. The conference will...

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Venice Architecture Biennale: Invited presentation

Venice Architecture Biennale: Invited presentation

Tuesday the 22nd of June, Sven Stremke will give an invited presentation at the 2021 Architecture Biennale in Venice. During his talk entitled ‘Imagining next generation energy landscapes’ Sven will presents the findings of research into the works of 10 young designers working on energy landscapes. The essay, a co-production with Dirk Oudes and Paolo Picchi, will be proceeded by a video pitch from one of the young designers and...

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Curating exhibition for Dutch Landschapstriennale: Imaginary Energy Landscapes

Curating exhibition for Dutch Landschapstriennale: Imaginary Energy Landscapes

Sven Stremke, Paolo Picchi & Dirk Oudes curated an exhibition on energy landscapes for the 2021 Dutch Landschapstriennale. The (online) poster exhibition and the 3min video pitches of the selected 9 projects from young researchers can be accessed here. Over the past years, these young designers conducted outstanding research in dedicated design studios and Master thesis projects both at Wageningen University and the Amsterdam Academy of...

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Invited presentation Winvorm-event in Brugge, Belgium

Invited presentation Winvorm-event in Brugge, Belgium

October 15, Merel Enserink presented at the Winvorm-event “Energie in de maak”, in Brugge (Belgium). Winvorm is an initiative of the Vlaams Bouwmeester, intercommunales Leiedal and WVI, the Province West-Flanders and the Vlaamse Landmaatschappij. They frequently organize lectures to enhance the spatial quality in West-Flanders. Merel gave an introduction on the impact of the energy transition on the landscape, titled “Energy Transition...

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Presentation at ECLAS conference in Oslo 16 September

Presentation at ECLAS conference in Oslo 16 September

September 16th, NRGlab member Paolo Picchi presented recent work at the ECLAS UNISCAPE Conference “Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future” in Oslo, Norway. Paolo’s presentation was entitled “Pedagogy in transdisciplinary approaches to landscape: training public administrations in renewable energy transition, the case of Amsterdam”. The conference presentation featured the first insights of the METRO research project:...

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