„PERMACULTURE - CONNECTING OLD WISDOM WITH MODERN …

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140 years Anniversary * University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences - BOKU „Quo Vadis Universit(y)ies“

„Preservation of Environment and Life Quaility“February 3rd, 2012

„PERMACULTURE -CONNECTING OLD WISDOM

WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY“

presented by

WERNER KVARDA

Institute of Soil Science, IBF, BOKU, Wienhttp://www.academia-danubiana.net

WERNER KVARDA * UNIVERSITÄT FÜR BODENKULTUR

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1. PERMACULTURE - PERMACULTURE CONNECTINGOLD WISDOM WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY

CONTENT

• 1. PERMACULTURE – Introduction• 2. ASPERN SEESTADT – The lake and air view of the future city• 3. WHAT CAN WE DO ? Objectives• 4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

Target group, Main activities, Designing permaculture gardensCommunity gardens, edible landscapeRoof gardensBioregion Marchfeld

• 5. CONCLUSION

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• The idea of Permaculture, perceivedby Bill Mollison and David Holmgren startedin the 70s. For his concept of ´permanent agriculture´ Bill was awarded with theAlternative Nobelprice.

• ´The legendaryJapanese farmer and philosopher, MasanobuFukuoka inspiredpermaculture gardening.


Bill Mollison and Masanobu Fukuoka

Fukuoka in his garden >

See also + http://permakultur.net/+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofKTgmW_FAg


Masanobu Fukuoka FukuokaSee also +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHoEpzUVFCU



•Cultural landscapes - Most of the landscapes with high biodiversity are „rurallandscapes“• Nature conservation becomesmore and more an importantform of land-utilization• On the other hand agricultureis retreating – and in simeregions Nature Conservationreplaces agriculture• Therefore our main objective isto present projects of integratedland utilization and models of a ´learning region´. •http://www.iale.sk/download/kvarda/2008.pdf

HOLZNER, W. / KVARDA, W. (2002: Integrated Land Utilization. Nature Conservation and Regional Development. Écosite Session, Palais de Congrés in Brussels. BOKU, Wien

FOTO. Wolfgang HOLZNER


2. „ASPERN SEESTADT“First steps of the city of the future – Subway U2 and the lake

The city of Vienna has presently a big chance for creating the city of the future in a partici-patory process. The Institute of Soil Science will start a Permaculture Design Project.

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2. „ASPERN SEESTADT“Masterplan


2. „ASPERN – Seestadt“Masterplan

http://www.aspern-seestadt.at/resources/files/2009/3/11/133/masterplan-broschuere-englisch.pdf

http://aspern-seestadt.at

The greenarea, east of the center of Vienna, isAspern-Seestadt

Urban planningVienna

http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/zielgebiete/

index.html


2. „ASPERN – Seestadt“Green and open spaces

aspern Vienna’s Urban Lakeside is part of the “quality-of-life capital” Vienna and situated at the edge of the Danube Wetlands National Park and the Marchfeldregion with its superlative agricultural produce.

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Permaculture - Each of us can

consciously design a lifestyle

which is highly productive,

without causing environmental

damage

•Ausstellung - ´Schluß mit der ewig gestrigen Zukunft´/ AGA Arbeitsgruppe Alternativen / Wien Bauzentrum, 1977


3. WHAT CAN WE DO ? Permaculture Principles - Creatively Use and respond to change


3. WHAT CAN WE DO ? Permaculture Principles - Use small and slow solutions

Permaculture in England. Austriaand New Zealand

http://permakultur.net/

•Permaculture is largely a plan for developing resources


TARGET GROUPS• First cycle: community gardens,

permaculture patterns, creatingedible landscape, aquaculture, roof gardens, etc.

• Second cycle: Ellaborate concepts for a network of openspaces, related to themasterplan (see page 7)

• Third cycle: Establishingconcepts for solidarity economyon regenerative systems in thesocial fabric

4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSEParticipants joining the project are bachelor-, master-, and PhD students

Students from France, Slovakia, Germany and Serbia joining the Intensive program IPSOIL in 2005

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Permaculture is a way of life. It shows howto make the most of our resources bymini-mising waste and maximisingpotential.

Permaculture is possible under any

culture, any climate, by people with any

skills.


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Permaculture Principle – Everybody is a designer

Students from Slovakia, Germany and Serbia

creating models for residential units * IPSOIL, 2005


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSEPermaculture garden Design – principle respects of species diversity

Graham BELL (1992): The Permaculture Way. London, Thorsons


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSECommunity gardens * Permaculture Principle - Participation

Urban permaculture – Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, www.cat.org.uk


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Permaculture principle - Preserve water cycles

Ecological waste water treatmentin Berlin www.atelier-loidl.de/

Within an ecological design

process a wide range of sciences

are integrated, but in a compre-

hensive way, where every partici-

pant is empowered to join the

project about a particular problem.

The ideal urban form for particular

locale will depend to some extend

on the nature of the energy-supply

options: Higher densities make

most efficient use of district heating

Van der Ryn, Sim / Cowan, Stuart (1996): Ecological design. Wasgington D.C.: Island Press


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSEPermaculture Principle – Solutions grow from place

Urban permaculture – Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Wales U.K.< Self design, Kamillenweg, Wien * Treberspurghttp://www.treberspurg.com/

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4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Permaculture Principle - Organic order & Obtain a yield

ALLOTMENT GARDENS in Salzburg Stadt

Forellenwegsiedlung Salzburg, Foto: Kvarda http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forellenwegsiedlung

KEY HOLE GARDENGraham Bell: The PermacultureWay, p. 152


PATTERNS

• A pattern language is a system which

allows its users to create an infinite

variety of those three dimensional

combinations of patterns, which we call

open spaces (roof gardens), buildings

(architecture) and cultural landscapes

• Ecological Design respects and nurturestraditional knowledge of place and localmaterials and technologies

4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSEPermaculture Principle – solutions grow from place & organic order

Roof garden in Vienna on top of a building >


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSEPermaculture principle – solutions grow from space

A pattern is a general planning

principle, which states a clear

problem that may occur

repeatedly in the environment,

and gives the general features

required by all buildings or plans

which solve this problem.

Renovation of a residential

building in the 7th district in

Vienna (Apollogasse). The

pattern ´pavlac´ –´Pawlatschen´

- balcony was added. >

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Three principles of knowledge integration

• verstehen (understanding), knowing the

problems and perceiving the details and

patterns of a place helps for the design

process

• begreifen (conceptualizing) at the second

level is the conceptual model of the real world

• erklären (explaining), the third level is the

causal explanation based on arguments

arranged according to propositional logic.


4. PERMACULTUE DESIGN COURSE Architecture of Knowledge Integration

IP SOIL WORKSHOP NEUSIEDL, 2005

www.academia-danubiana.net

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CIRCULAR METABOLISM

KREISLÄUFE in Haus und Garten

• LUFTHAUSHALT –

metabolism of the air, cooling

• WASSERHAUSHALT – water

management

• ENERGIEHAUSHALT –

passive solar energy systems

• MATERIALHAUSHALT –

recycling, compost


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Permaculture principle – Use and value renewable resources

KRUSCHE et al.(1980): Ökologisches Bauen, Bauverlag, Wiesbaden


4. PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Permaculture Principle - Participation

Marchfeld

Level of participation withinecological design: A commit-ment to clear discussion and debate; everyone isempowered to join the designprocess

We will define characteristicfeatures for agronomic mutualrelationship between theSeestadt and the bioregionMarchfeld.

Reference: (2004) Municipality of Vienna, MA18

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WORKPROGRAM –Five different phases:

Preparatory work, Kick off, Inventory, IP:

September 13th – 29th., follow up.

PARTNERSHIP – The participants will come

from HU,SI,SK,HR,AT,PT,IS, RS

CONCLUSION – To preserve biodiversity,

landscapes and the quality of air and soils

(Danube Strategy) we will integrate several

disciplines including, ecology, geography,

agriculture, architecture, spatial planning and

ecological gardening.


5. CONCLUSION PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE

Reference: DANUBE STRATEGY – see page 52 http://www.oerok.gv.at/fileadmin/Bilder/2.Reiter-Raum_u._Region/4.Europ-Raumentwicklung/Makroregionen/EUSDR/Docs/2010-12_EUSDR_ActionPlan_EN.pdf


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