Constructive Land [electronic resource].

Material Cultures 2022

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What would the built environment look like if the health of our landscapes were prioritized over the demands of industry? Central Saint Martins of the University of the Arts London, in partnership with Forestry England and Material Cultures, is pleased to present Constructive Land, a research project examining the future of the British landscape in the context of the climate crisis. Our fertile landscape is constrained by pressures from farming, woodland and housing, all of which need reimagining as we move into a postcarbon future. The research looks at the potential of resilient forestry practices for the British landscape, and explores what materials and building systems can be drawn from a new model of regenerative land management. Driven by an understanding of material supply chains as a holistic system linking sites of extraction to sites of space production, this research project worked at multiple scales: the scale of the material, the building, and the landscape. Our research methods are practical, encompassing material testing, prototyping, and building, and academic, including interviews and an in-depth literature review…
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Climatic changes
Ecology
Industrial design
Natural Resources
Sustainable development

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Material Cultures
Spatial Practices, Central Saint Martins, UAL
Summer Islam
Daria Moatazed-Keivani
Paloma Gormley
Andreas Lang
Villalba Studio
Sara Pereira