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The New Rural - Discovering a new ruralism on the Danish island Ærø
Name
Cecilie Camilla Holberg Nielsen
Education degree
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Architecture
Institute
Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape
Program
Urbanism & Societal Change
Year
2021
The proposed strategy is to transform Ærø into an experimentarium for a new sustainable agricultural direction. The focus is on plant-based food rather than animal fodder, and the nature is the dominant layer. Through reforestation, the creation of wild nature areas and the reestablishment of wetlands, the strategy will offer an increased biodiversity and enhance the wellbeing of the residents.
The strategy is framed over a 10 year gap going from 2020 to 2050. A new landscape transition, where the focus will be on biodiversity instead of production, will be unfolded over the years. A forest going down the west side of the island, will work as a protection layer. Lowland areas will be recreated into wetland and to increase biodiversity, wild nature will occur between these areas to create a nature pathway.
Wild life strategy
Zooming in on the strategy, showing the atmospheric consequences of the new forest belt.
The forest
Zooming in on the strategy, showing the atmospheric consequences of the wetland area.
The wetland
Zooming in on the strategy, showing the atmospheric consequences of the new nature.
New nature
The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s)
