Children’s activities on the DakAkker Rotterdam – discover urban agriculture on top of the Schieblock and be a real rooftop farmer for an afternoon.
Dakennie = searching, browsing, planting, weeding, harvesting, seeding, seed bomb making, and building a scarecrow or a bee hotel under the supervision of rooftop farmers.
please register via info@milieucentrum.rotterdam.nl
POSTPONED, NEW DATE TO BE DETERMINED soon
The simultaneous opening of Pompenburg Park and the completed Luchtsingel was to take place on Sunday 24 August but is postponed because of the bad weather forecast.
The construction of the wooden bridge started two years ago during the 5th IABR: Making City and its completion would be celebrated in the final weekend of IABR–2014– with an URBAN PICNIC for the whole of Rotterdam in the area surrounding the Luchtsingel.
organized by: ZUS in collaboration with IABR
registration via info@luchtsingel.org
© Ossip van Duivenbode
Luchtsingel, between Schiekade 189 and Hofplein Station
for more information and a program, please visit www.luchtsingel.org
Children’s activities on the DakAkker Rotterdam – discover urban agriculture on top of the Schieblock and be a real rooftop farmer for an afternoon.
Dakennie = searching, browsing, planting, weeding, harvesting, seeding, seed bomb making, and building a scarecrow or a bee hotel under the supervision of rooftop farmers.
please register via info@milieucentrum.rotterdam.nl
The 1,000 m2 DakAkker (RoofGarden) on top of the Schieblock office building in the center of Rotterdam is Europe’s first major urban agricultural rooftop garden. During both the Hidden Gardens Weekend and the Day of Architecture, the DakAkker on Schieblock is open to the public throughout the day. Ask the rooftop farmer all about rooftop agriculture and enjoy cups of rooftop tea in the pop-up teahouse.
picture: Ossip van Duivenbode
The 1,000 m2 DakAkker (RoofGarden) on top of the Schieblock office building in the center of Rotterdam is Europe’s first major urban agricultural rooftop garden. During both the Hidden Gardens Weekend and the Day of Architecture, the DakAkker on Schieblock is open to the public throughout the day. Ask the rooftop farmer all about rooftop agriculture and enjoy cups of rooftop tea in the pop-up teahouse.
picture: Ossip van Duivenbode
The 1,000 m2 DakAkker (RoofGarden) on top of the Schieblock office building in the center of Rotterdam is Europe’s first major urban agricultural rooftop garden. During both the Hidden Gardens Weekend and the Day of Architecture, the DakAkker on Schieblock is open to the public throughout the day. Ask the rooftop farmer all about rooftop agriculture and enjoy cups of rooftop tea in the pop-up teahouse.
picture: Ossip van Duivenbode
A mini-symposium about integrating greenery into urban environments, with the DakAkker on the Schieblock (IABR Test Site Rotterdam) and other inspiring projects from around the world serving as examples.
Speakers:
Luc Smits director LSI (owner Schieblock)
Henk Vlijm director Optigreen Benelux
Dr. Cristoph Maria Ravesloot Rotterdam University
Kristan Skaarup GRO, Kopenhagen
Jo Huygh SA Abattoir, Brussels
Workshop round 1:
1. Dakakker, construction and management: Wouter Bauman (RMC) en Rob Luyk (Binder daktuinen) – Dutch
2. Abattoir in Brussel: Jo Huygh (plan rooftopfarm on the Abbottoir in Brussels) – Dutch
3. GRO Kopenhagen: Kristan Sjaarup (rooftopfarm Gro Kopenhagen) – English
4. Why Green Rooftops and Financing: Dr. Cristoph Maria Ravesloot en Eveline Bronsdijk (gemeente Rotterdam) – English
Workshop round 2:
1. Valuefarms: Thomas Chung (Hong Kong) – English
2. Rooftop-education: Angelique Vandevenne – English
3. Botanical Garden on the Roof: Gert Jan Koopman (stichting Heem) – Dutch
4. Why Green Rooftops and Financing: Dr. Cristoph Maria Ravesloot en Eveline Bronsdijk (gemeente Rotterdam) – English
Organized by: Rotterdam Environmental Centre in collaboration with OptigroenNL, Binder Green Projects, Rotterdam Environmental Centre
lunch at noon at the Dakakker (kosten 15 euro)
program starts at 1 p.m. in BAR
language: Dutch / English
please register via info@milieucentrum.rotterdam.nl
for more information, please visit www.milieucentrum.rotterdam.nl
