Samenvatting

Rewilding is a new agrarian movement, that welds together nature and farming. In this project, situated in the western part of the Zuiderwaterlinie, a new ecological landscape is created in a traditional agrarian area. Because of different subsoils a new zoning is introduced, including a lake with a floating farming village and an extended earth body with forest and plantations. A former tip is reforested and becomes a site for a sky village. Extensive research is conducted to establish the right ecological balance between natural crops and game, and the establishment of a local community with enough turnover to trade with others. The design of farm facilities and housing follows a line like the architecture of the landscape: living quarters and social places are integrated in the production or processing facilities. This directness delivers a functional, abstract architecture, with equal attention for plants, humans, and animal life.