Circular Ports
Circular Ports
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Delta Atelier
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Delta Atelier
How we created the insights at each step in this exploratory process
At the end of 2018 the scale of Circular (City) Ports was initiated by Circular Flanders as a community of practice in the context of the Delta Atelier. An explorative trajectory was completed at the beginning of 2020 with the formulation of action lines in close collaboration with port authorities, port cities, other relevant stakeholders and experts. In 2021, a synthesis was made of the various projects within the Circular Ports in the Delta theme.
Synthesis Circular Ports in the Delta
In 2021, a synthesis was made of the various projects within the 'Circular ports in the Delta' program. The different scales and their dependencies were (re)connected to each other.
03. Suggested Action
Joint formulation of next steps (March 2020 - May 2020)
Based on previous phases (2 and 3), various action lines were formulated during work sessions, which respond to the changing values, roles and spaces in this circular transition. With a core group of various port and port-related actors, these action lines were further refined and substantiated during four interactive webinars.
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02. Valorization
Identifying recurring circular projects and knowledge needs (October 2019 – December 2019)
After the exploration, a step was taken from documenting, collecting and understanding to exploring new strategies, stimulating frameworks and concrete projects in and for circular (city) ports. Different project environments were identified, where specific business chains, materials and skills can belong, and where also an adapted framework fits in terms of regulations, infrastructure, facilities ... These project environments, the 'circular building blocks for the future', were presented in a fictional port corridor as a representation of new circular initiatives and projects for our port system.
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01. Exploration
Bundling and structuring circular projects of 11 port regions (October 2018 - April 2019)
The exploratory study started by collecting various circular initiatives and projects from 11 (city) ports in the Delta, before analyzing and structuring them. The concept of circularity and (city) port was examined from different points of view and aspects, and insights were gathered on the basis of interviews, debates and various work sessions. The exploration brought a better understanding of the state of the art and of innovations, as well as of the individual and shared needs for knowledge and support in function of a structured transition to circular ports.
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What preceded
Since 2016, the Delta's field of activity and research agenda has been mapped with debate sessions such as Designing the Future and a research-by-design De Lage Landen 2020-2100 – Een toekomstverkenning (The Lowlands 2020-2100 – A foresight) . In the context of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam IABR – 2018, a Call for Practices was sent out on the basis of an initial research agenda, led by Architecture Workroom Brussels and in collaboration with the Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, the teams Vlaams Bouwmeester and IABR.
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