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Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

If we want to build a sustainable world, we must consider the entire system. That’s what Possible Landscapes stands for. In this multi-year programme, Biobased Creations, as the creative leader of the Embassy, explores new perspectives for a sustainable living environment in collaboration with stakeholders and knowledge partners from the construction and agriculture sectors. Through storytelling and imagination, we involve experts and the general public in this research and its outcomes, as we did in 2019 with The Growing Pavilion and in 2021 with The Exploded View.

Possible Landscapes

Possible Landscapes is a research into a new green, regenerative economy “from land to building” and how it can contribute to societal challenges. Biobased construction offers opportunities in various areas: improving biodiversity and the quality of soil and water, new business models for farmers, a healthier work and living environment for residents and builders, and the prevention of resource scarcity.

We explore what the chain looks like – from soil to building, crop to industry, and ideal to a financially fair value system.

Two programme lines will be presented in various locations over the coming years, including during Dutch Design Week (DDW) and other moments and places. This intentional exposure generates awareness and dialogue. We develop potential landscapes for rural areas and the built environment.

Possible Landscapes Rural Areas

We work locally and collaboratively with stakeholders from the entire chain, such as farmers, processors, builders, residents, policymakers, designers, and ecologists. Through imagination and storytelling, we make the possibilities tangible through scale model installations. This visualisation provides starting points for further discussions about potential biobased chains and corresponding landscape implementations.

What is possible in a wetland landscape? In May 2023, we opened the scale model installation “Possible Landscapes Wetting” at Nature Gateway De Peel. This installation presents scenarios for areas that need wetting, such as a raised bog area facing dehydration challenges or stream valleys that need rehydration. The installation showcases several possibilities at different scales, guiding the visitor through each level. This model will also be exhibited at DDW23.

We have now initiated a Possible Landscapes programme focused on dry sandy soils, where we examine a location in the Achterhoek region as a concrete case to develop scalable scenarios. We will present the progress of this research during DDW23.

Possible Landscape Built Environment

In 2024, the Embassy will launch a new program: Possible Landscapes Built Environment. This programme revolves around nature-inclusive and regenerative construction, building with nature. It’s a way of construction that goes beyond limiting the damage caused by building and adds ecological and social value. During DDW23, we will organise a kickoff event to share the research questions for the upcoming years. The conference will also mark the start of a broad coalition of individuals who want to shape nature-inclusive and regenerative building collectively.

This Embassy has two creative leads, one of which is Lucas De Man. He graduated in Germanic Languages from the KU Leuven in 2004. Subsequently, he studied directing at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. Besides his work as director of Stichting Nieuwe Helden and Biobased Creations, Lucas works as a (freelance) director, actor and concept developer. He presents several cultural TV programmes including Man and Art and Kunstuur (AVROTROS). He often hosts large and small events in the Netherlands and Belgium and gives lectures.

The other creative lead of the Embassy is Pascal Leboucq. He is a designer and a scenographer. He was classically trained as a sculptor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and specialised in public space at Design Academy in Eindhoven. He is chief designer at Stichting Nieuwe Helden and Biobased Creations, creating biobased pavilions, exhibitions and cross-disciplinary installations. He also works as a freelance scenographer for several theatre companies in the Netherlands and abroad.

Programme

Op dit moment is er geen programma voor deze Embassy. Schrijf je in voor de nieuwsbrief om op de hoogte te blijven of lees hier wat we voorgaande jaren hebben gedaan.

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Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building at DDW23

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2022 Retrospective: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

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Retrospective 2021: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

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Breaking the long building chain together

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The Exploded View: a biobased house as a starting point for a different value system

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Retrospective 2020: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

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Clay and straw as modern building materials

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Retrospective 2019: Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building

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