groundcondition

Jacques Abelman | groundcondition in collaboration with Marijke Bruinsma | de Stuurlui stedenbouw MushroomWall aims to capture a part of the urban waste stream in the form of used coffee grounds and transform it into food— delicious oyster mushrooms. At the same time, the project aims to make the process of recuperation, transformation, and harvesting […]

TEAM: Jacques Abelman, Celine Baumann (celinebaumann.tumblr.com), YukaYoshida STATUS: design research competition The Wildpoints strategy creates a new form of urban green by actively seeking out new places for nature to colonize the city. The biodiversity network of found and new Wildpoints allows insects, birds, and small animal species to establish themselves in micro-habitats across the […]

FAO estimates that to feed a world population expected to number around 9 billion people in 2050, global food production will need to be increased by 70 percent. Global energy demand will increase by 36 percent by 2035, and competition for water between farming, cities and industry will continue to intensify as a result. “Tackling […]

I am on a quest for new directions for landscape architecture. As we witness rapid changes in the physical, economic, and professional environments, what exactly can landscape architecture hope to achieve in the future? Budgets for public projects are dwindling, not to mention budgets for cultural projects, and the national frameworks for environmental projects are […]

Graphic interpretation of Deleuze’s text as a formal study. What is the space between the orchid and the wasp? By deconstructing sets of corresponding images into vectors, I searched for volumetric recombinations describing a new space.    

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Concept Debra Solomon. Images and visual research Jacques Abelman. Baby Bakery. Do-it-yourself oven typologies in the park. Outdoor cooking installations for teen agers to make bread, roti, lavash.

Every day I take advantage of the many green spaces Amsterdam has to offer, on a variety of scales. I start on my own balcony with a little of urban gardening tending- pruning the tomatoes, checking on the courgettes, tasting some dill or cutting some thyme for a recipe. Next I run down tree lined […]

I recently had the joy of spending two weeks in a tiny stone house in the hills near Cortona. Every moring my eyes would feast on the exuberant beauty of this landscape. From the point of view of a landscape designer, all the important elements seem to be poised in remarkable balance- agriculture alongside urbanism […]