Het tweedaags congres 'Open ruimte, open blik' (17-18 maart 2016) wilde op een originele manier de kracht en het belang van open ruimte in de verf zetten. Zowel insiders als outsiders lieten vanuit verschillende perspectieven hun licht op open ruimte schijnen. Daarnaast waren er een tiental creatieve 'ogenblikken': korte, ingezonden bijdragen in de vorm van filmpjes, beelden of lezingen. Tijdens de doe-sessies mochten de deelnemers zelf aan de slag. Foto's: © Merlin Meuris | Reporters Het Congres 'Open ruimte, open blik' is een gezamenlijk initiatief van de VRP, Ruimte Vlaanderen, VLM, Team Vlaams Bouwmeester, Departement Landbouw en Visserij, ILVO, INBO, Erasmushogeschool (Opleiding Landschaps- en Tuinarchitectuur), HoGent - School of Arts, KU Leuven (Faculteit Architectuur), Universiteit Antwerpen (Faculteit Ontwerpwetenschappen), Universiteit Gent (Vakgroep Geografie), Universiteit Hasselt (Departement Architectuur en Kunst) en Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Opleiding Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Planning), VVSG en VVP.

1. CONGRESS ON OPEN SPACE
The Royal Flemish Academy, Belgium, Brussels
landscape / urbanism:
STRATEGIES FROM 3 NORTH AMERICAN CITIES
Julia Czerniak
Associate Dean and Professor
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Aerial view of Jamaica Bay, New York, from the northwest. Image source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Bay

2. 2001

3. 2007
“Introduction / Speculating on Size”
Large Parks, Julia Czerniak, ed. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) 16-31
“Legibility and Resilience”
Large Parks, Julia Czerniak, ed. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) 214-251
2007

4. Julia Czerniak, “Looking Back at Landscape
Urbanism: Speculations on Site"
The Landscape Urbanism Reader, Charles Waldheim,
ed. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press 2006)
105-123;
2006
2006

5. Emerald Necklace, Boston.
Frederick Law Olmsted

6. NEW YORK LOS ANGELES DETROIT

7. dense sprawling
not to scale

8. dense sprawlinggrowing shrinking
not to scale

9. too much water too little water
not to scale

10. water
waste
diversity
pleasure

13. NY metropolitan area 2000City of NY 1900

15. Atlanta, Georgia

16. 1869
1873
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

17. Downsview Park, Toronto

18. Los Angeles River, Los Angeles

19. Stapleton Airport, Denver, Colorado

20. Stapleton Airport, Denver, Colorado
Optimum Patch Shape,
from Richard Forman’s Landscape Ecology

22. 1
New York

23. :TOO MUCH

25. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

26. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

27. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

28. The New Meadowlands Project, the center of which is the
“Meadowpark”
MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

29. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

30. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

31. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

32. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

33. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

34. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

35. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

36. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

37. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

38. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

39. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

40. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

41. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

42. MIT CAU +ZUS+URBANISTEN with Deltares; Volker Infradesign +75B

43. BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
Brooklyn, NY (2003–2016)
Team led by Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.
Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.

44. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.

45. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.

46. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

47. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.

48. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.

49. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

50. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

51. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

52. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

53. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

54. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

55. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

56. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

57. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

58. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.
existing zoning

59. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

60. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

61. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc

62. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.,

63. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

64. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc., Inc.

65. Michael Van Valkenburg Associates, Inc.,

66. 2
Los Angeles

67. :TOO LITTLE

68. fullempty

70. LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

71. LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

72. LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

75. LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates
before & after 1

76. LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates
before & after 2

77. before & after 3
LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

78. before & after 4
LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

79. before & after 5
LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

80. LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates
before & after 6

81. before & after 7
LA River Revitalization Master Plan, 2007
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Civitas, Inc.; Wenk Assoicates; Mia Lehrer + Associates

82. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

83. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

84. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

85. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

86. Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Study, 2013 (followed LARRMP)
Client: US Army Corps of Engineers & City of Los Angeles
Design Team: Tetra Tech, Inc.; Mia Lehrer + Associates; Nuvis

87. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

88. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

89. Piggyback Yard Feasibility Study, 2013
Client: Friends of the Los Angeles River, LA River Revitalization Corporation, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Design Team: Geosyntec Consultants, Mia Lehrer + Associates

93. 3
Detroit

94. Every 6th city in the world can be defined as a
“SHRINKING CITY”

97. Youngstown Land Use
2000 2010

98. DETROIT FUTURE CITY
2012 Detroit Strategic Framework Plan
Toni L. Griffin, Urban Planning and Design for
the American City (Lead, Planning)
Hamilton Anderson Associates (Planning,
Urban Design)
Stoss Landscape Urbanism (Landscape
Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)
Initiative For Competitive Inner City (ICIC)
(Economics)
Interface Studio (Economics / Industrial Land)
Happold Consulting (Infrastructure)
Center For Community Progress (Public Land)
Detroit Collaborative Design Center
(Community Engagement)
Michigan Community Resources (Community
Engagement)
Carlisle Wortmann Associates, Inc. (Zoning)

100. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

101. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

102. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

103. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

104. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

105. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

106. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

107. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

108. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

109. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

110. ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

111. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

112. COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

113. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

114. WORKING + PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

115. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

116. AIR =
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

117. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

118. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

119. BLUE + GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

120. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

121. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

123. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

124. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

125. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

126. Detroit Public Works Projects Long Term Plan . Detroit . Michigan
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

127. Detroit Public Works Projects Long Term Plan . Detroit . Michigan
STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

128. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

129. STOSS Landscape Urbanism (Landscape Planning, Blue/Green Infrastructure)

133. water
waste
diversity
pleasure

134. Kate Orff, Co-Director, Janette Kim, Co-Director, Urban Landscape Lab
Glen Cummings, Founder & Partner, MTWTF
Columbia GSAPP

135. Kate Orff, Co-Director, Janette Kim, Co-Director, Urban Landscape Lab
Glen Cummings, Founder & Partner, MTWTF
Columbia GSAPP

136. Kate Orff, Co-Director, Janette Kim, Co-Director, Urban Landscape Lab
Glen Cummings, Founder & Partner, MTWTF
Columbia GSAPP

137. “Safari 7 invites subway riders to become park rangers in their own city”

138. PRIMARY DESIGN TEAM CONTACTS
The New Meadowlands
Alan M. Berger
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-Director - CAU, MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism
T (617) 324-7715
aberger@MIT.EDU
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Matthew Urbanski
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architects, P.C.
16 Court Street, 11th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11241
T 718-243-2044
F 718-243-1293
mvva_ny@mvvainc.com
The Los Angeles River Master Plan
Mia Lehrer
MIA LEHRER+ASSOCIATES, Los Angeles
185 South Myers Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
t 213-384-3844
f 213-384-3833
miayassoc@aol.com
Detroit Future City
Chris Reed / Scott Bishop
Stoss Landscape Urbanism
423 W Broadway #304
Boston, MA 02127 USA
T 617 464 1140
F 617 464 1142
cr@stoss.net ; sb@bld.partners
want more information?
JULIA CZERNIAK
Associate Dean and Professor
Syracuse University School of
Architecture
Slocum Hall, Syracuse NY
315.727.4331
jczernia@syr.edu