Parckfarm allows local residents to come together to grow fruit and vegetables and keep chickens, ducks and goats as a part of extending private gardening into the public realm. The Parckfarm project is run by non-profit organization Parckfarm T&T.
Image: Courtesy Parckdesign 2014, Parckfarm
Parckfarm is an interactive project in Brussels, Belgium that invites visitors to explore new park typologies through art installations, agricultural performances, workshops and community gardens. Landscape architecture practice Taktyk and architecture firm Alive Architecture collaborated to create Parckfarm as part of the 2014 edition of the Parckdesign festival, with the theme “From the landscape to the plate.” Initially planned to run for five months, the Parckfarm project was so successful that it has since become permanent.
Source
The World
Published online: 8 Oct 2015
Words:
Sueanne Ware,
Chris Johnstone
Images:
Courtesy Parckdesign 2014, Parckfarm
Acclaimed Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author, racial advocate, and curator, Lesley Lokko is the first woman of African descent to receive the Royal Gold Medal 2024 …
Parckfarm allows local residents to come together to grow fruit and vegetables and keep chickens, ducks and goats as a part of extending private gardening into the public realm. The Parckfarm project is run by non-profit organization Parckfarm T&T.
Image: Courtesy Parckdesign 2014, Parckfarm
Parckfarm was awarded the Public Space Prize 2015. The annual award is presented by the Antwerp-based Public Space Infopoint to the best public space project in Brussels or Flanders. The awards committee was looking for a new approach to initiatives involving spontaneous participation that forced organizers to let go of traditional design ideas. “In that respect, Parckfarm stood head and shoulders above the rest,” the committee said. “We have never seen something on such a scale in Belgium.”
Image: Courtesy Parckdesign 2014, Parckfarm
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