For this Eco-Commun # 04, we received Katrin Bohn . She is a researcher and architect working particularly on the notion of urban agriculture, and also head of the Department of City and Energy of the Urban Institute in Berlin (ILAUP ). She came to the garden Michelet explain the concept of CPULs, (Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes), she has developed with Andre Viljoen. The open spaces are CPULs throughout cities, through the built environment seamlessly, thereby connecting all forms of existing green spaces in city centers, and making the link with the surrounding rural areas. The CPULs can be open green spaces and can possess an economical, social and environmental productivity.
The CPULs do not exist yet. However, many forms of urban agriculture already exist, just like what we have developed together in the Michelet garden: urban farms, market gardens, vegetable gardens, shared gardens etc..Such structures are, so far, isolated components of future CPULs that could be connected to a regional network of green spaces more widely available, giving them more urban coherence.
Thank you Katrin and thank you to everyone who came to listen!
