Presentation Atelier Vlaams Bouwmeester in Brussels (Belgium)
On the 17th of September, Sven Stremke will give a presentation on Sustainable Energy Landscape at the Atelier Vlaams Bouwmeester in Belgium (Ravensteingalerij 54-59, 1000 Brussels). The presentation is part of the ‘small talk’ series hosted the Vlaams Bouwmeester and starts at 18:00.
In the near future the appearance and spatial organization of urban and rural landscapes will be strongly influenced by the generation of renewable energy. One of the critical tasks for designers, planners and engineers will be the reintegration of renewable energy into the existing environment—which people value and want to preserve—in a socially fair, environmentally sound, and economically feasible manner.
In order to get a grip on these issues in Belgium, the study “Energy Landscapes” was launched by the Team Vlaams Bouwmeester, Ruimte Vlaanderen, VLM and VITO within the framework of ‘Labo Ruimte’. One of the external experts involved in this research project is Sven Stremke. He is assistant professor of landscape architecture at Wageningen University and studies sustainable landscapes, with special attention to the regional scale and renewable energy.
In early 2013, Sven Stremke and Andy van den Dobbelsteen published a book entitled Sustainable Energy Landscapes: Designing, Planning and Development (Taylor & Francis) featuring the work of a dozen teams of experts working on this topic across the world. Recently, Sven Stremke and his colleague Renée de Waal launched the NRGlab – a laboratory devoted to research and design of sustainable energy landscapes (www.NRGlab.net). Through a selection of scientific concepts and interdisciplinary projects Stremke will illustrate and discuss the challenge of developing sustainable energy landscapes.
Please note that you have to register by email: bouwmeester@vlaanderen.be
