‘POISED AT THE EDGE’

Emergent Systems through Buoyant Landscapes

Andrew Wade . Development Planning Unit . University College London

BUOYANT LANDSCAPES
BUOYANT LANDSCAPES
BUOYANT LANDSCAPES
BUOYANT LANDSCAPES
THE RIVER AS PUBLIC SPACE
HISTO
RY
FEBRUARY 2004
FEBRUARY 2004
NOVEMBER 2004
JANUARY 2005
JANUARY 2009
PROV
IDE
25 BOXES &
BAMBOO
A
S
S
E
M
B
L
Y
WORKSHOP ?
PLATFORM FOR MARKET
C &
L
A R
D E
D U
N S
G E
ENAB
LE
A RENEWED CONNECTION
WITH THE WATER ?
A RENEWED CONNECTION
WITH ADJACENT COMMUNITIES?
FOUNDATION FOR HOUSING
INCREASES RESISTANCE
LOWERS VULNERABILITY
ADAP
T
LOY
PLATFORM FOR MARKET

KRATH
ONG
SONG
KRAN
SUST
AIN
POTENTIAL FOR CONNECTIVITY
& EXPANSION
POTENTIAL FOR CONNECTIVITY
& EXPANSION
SO
WHAT?
SUST
EMERGING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NETWORKS

WILL GROW AND ADAPT TO MEET THE CHANGING

NEEDS OF THE SAMSEN RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY.

LIVING CULTURE WILL FIND FURTHER

AIN
EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION THROUGH THE

BUILDING AND USE OF THESE BUOYANT

LANDSCAPES.
CRED
‘POISED AT THE EDGE’ is from Zohar, D (1997)
Rewiring the Corporate Brain. Berrett-Koehler, San
Francisco, CA, p50.
as found in Hamdi, N (2004) Small Change. Earthscan,
London, pxvii.

Image of ‘Hybrid Muscle’ in Chiang Mai, Thailand

ITS
found in Richardson, P (2007) XS Green: Big Ideas,
Small Buildings. Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, p162