Urban Agriculture Projects in China

12/09/2015

Maurizio Scarciglia, NAUTA / Photo by BWPI

LIVING THE CITY
2015-Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture

Our good friend Maurizio Scarciglia of NAUTA Architecture & Research based in Netherlands presented two Chinese case studies of differing scale and approach on December 8th, with the intent to outline how agricultural use of public space could instill principles of social inclusion, especially in cities where the percentage of rural migrants keeps growing.
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Maurizio Scarciglia, NAUTA; Barry Wilson, BWPI; Wu Wenyuan; APECLAND DESIGN / Photo by BWPI

With Beijing Productive Voids, the NAUTA team researched redundant and underutilized urban voids in the Chinese capital in order to test the possibility to newly introduce forms of agricultural management. Alternatively, NAUTA's Shenzhen Bao'an project (in cooperation with SADI Shenzhen) investigated the possibility of using agriculture as a tool for holistic design of the coastline facing the Pearl River delta, capable of combining simultaneously social uses and a productive landscape.

In the discussions following there was general consensus that agriculture does have a strong role to play in urbanization however developing successful mechanisms for both its protection and progressive inclusion become the key factors. 

Jonathan P. Taylor; ZEISIS / Photo by BWPI

Maurizio Scarciglia, NAUTA / Photo by BWPI

2015/11/18
Salon:
Urban Villages Salon

2015/11/03
​Congress:
WorldGBC Congress 2015 Hong Kong

2015/10/21
Visit:
Qianhai Shenzhen - Hong Kong Youth Innovation & Entrepreneur Hub

2015/10/09
Publication:
Yuan Lin 2015 Publish Article

​​NAUTA architecture & research is an international collaborative consultancy that produces architecture, urban design and cultural studies.

Founded in 2007 by Maurizio Scarciglia, the office established a global dynamic ever growing network of partners and consultants. Currently, NAUTA’s team counts more than ten nationalities and countries of practice and collaborations with Spain, Italy, France, Germany, China, Serbia, India, Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia, Ecuador and Argentina. NAUTA investigates the human behaviour, in order to produce responsible design.

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​Maurizio Scarciglia founded NAUTA architecture & research in 2007. He studied at TU Delft and at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome, where he graduated with honors in 2002 with a critical project on the design of the XXIst century sustainable suburbias. 
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Previous to founding NAUTA he worked at OMA Rem Koolhaas as project architect for the redevelopment of the former Mercati Generali in Rome and on several other projects, among which the CCC Cordoba Congress Centre and the Goya Museum in Zaragoza, Spain.




























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